BMJ  2008;336:1461 (28 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.a544

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Professionals should be given more freedom to innovate, says King’s Fund

Adrian O’Dowd

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The future success of the NHS lies in greater freedom for health professionals and managers, an expert working group has concluded.

In the run up to the imminent publication of junior health minister Ara Darzi’s review of the NHS, a report from the healthcare think tank the King’s Fund says that clinicians and managers should have greater power to innovate and to develop services. The report, which contains 33 proposals, is based on the findings of an expert working group made up of leaders from the NHS and the private sector.

It is time for the Department of Health to take a back seat in the day to day running of the NHS, focusing instead on responsibility for overall standard setting and funding allocations, says the report.

Its recommendations include:

  • More competition in primary care
  • Phasing out of the minimum practice income guarantee in general practice
  • Ministers to set a . . . [Full text of this article]


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