Independent treatment centres will have to provide training

doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7534.139

BMJ 2006;332:139 (21 January), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7534.139

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Independent treatment centres will have to provide training

London Mark Gould

Health secretary Patricia Hewitt moved to placate some concerns raised by doctors that training NHS junior doctors is being compromised by the arrival of independent treatment centres using doctors from outside the United Kingdom. But she made it clear that the pace of reform in the NHS is to increase in 2006 with patients� "demands and aspirations" the key driver of better care. And care will be provided by a wider range of organisations outside the NHS.

Speaking at an NHS Confederation lecture last week, Ms Hewitt said that patients were happy with treatment in the independent sector but that the NHS had not been won over.

"We will continue to respond to legitimate concerns—for instance, to ensure that training for junior doctors is provided in independent treatment centres and more generally to provide a level playing field for different providers within the NHS family."

Ms Hewitt . . . [Full text of this article]

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