BMJ  2007;335:61 (14 July), doi:10.1136/bmj.39269.588738.DB

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Government's plan for NHS review gets mixed response

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The UK government has announced a review of the NHS in a bid to ensure that clinical priorities and local accountability are paramount in the health service's day to day operations.

The health secretary, Alan Johnson, has asked the junior health minister and surgeon Sir Ara Darzi to lead the review and to consult widely with patients and staff.

The move is widely seen as a bid to mend relationships with health professionals, many of whom feel aggrieved by a decade of non-stop NHS reforms.

Mr Johnson said that providing more accessible and convenient care for patients; achieving better value for money; and ensuring that people with long term illness were "treated with dignity in safe, clean environments" were all key areas that the review would look at.

He also announced an extra £50m ($100m; 74m) to fight hospital acquired infections.

Mr Johnson said, "The past 10 years have seen . . . [Full text of this article]

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