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Sixty seconds on . . . NHS reforms
BMJ 2024; 386 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2072 (Published 20 September 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;386:q2072
- Jacqui Wise
- Kent
I’m getting a feeling of déjà vu
This time it’s the Policy Exchange think tank calling for NHS England to be abolished as an independent commissioning body and for its key functions to be delivered by an NHS management board within the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).1
Isn’t constant reorganisation part of the problem?
Yes, Ara Darzi’s recent damning report said the NHS is in a “critical condition,” partly as a result of the “disastrous” structural reforms in 2012.2
So it’s all Andrew Lansley’s fault?
His …
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