Intended for healthcare professionals

Rapid response to:

Observations

Open letter to the BMA about the health white paper

BMJ 2011; 342 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d7 (Published 04 January 2011) Cite this as: BMJ 2011;342:d7

Rapid Response:

Re:another signature

I am yet another amongst no doubt a very great many who would have
wished to have been a co-signatory to this excellent letter. Although the
BMA's response was endorsed by a large majority of its elected council
following consultation with members, it now seems highly likely that the
response is not supported by a majority of the members.

Wales and Scotland have good cause to be very grateful for devolution
and their avoidance of pseudo market competition and high expenditure on
commissioning.

Competing interests: No competing interests

16 January 2011
Gareth JG Rees
Consultant Oncologist
Bath BA1 3NG