BMJ  2007;335:98 (14 July), doi:10.1136/bmj.39272.731470.94

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Health for London: are we now on the right route?

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This week sees the publication of Healthcare for London: A Framework for Action, a review of London's health service by Ara Darzi, chairman of surgery at Imperial College London and now a junior health minister (see News doi: 10.1136/bmj.39273.467697.DB). NHS London, the capital's strategic health authority, commissioned Professor Darzi to set out a vision for a world class health service for London.

How refreshing it is to read a policy document that focuses on real health problems and makes practical suggestions about how to solve them. Not for Professor Darzi a theoretical exposition of system reform or a set of proposals for organisational change that seem remote from the delivery of health care at the coalface; instead he gives us a vision of future health care in London that simply makes sense. His work, too, heralds the welcome return of service planning—much derided by governments over the past . . . [Full text of this article]

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