NHS Reforms.

Image via WikipediaPersonally the part of the governments NHS reforms that I think is wrong and will lead to patient dissatfaction is transfering commissioning of treatment and services from the PCT to GP`s.Your doctor is there to treat you and to decide the best course of treatment you need for your condition.Once the doctor as not just a  clinical responsibility but also a responsiblity for commissioning and paying for the treatment there is a conflict of interest there. Who is to say some doctors will not go for the cheapest option when deciding treatment rather than the best when they have responsibility for budgets and commissioning.
The governments reforms will instill distrust in patients and will lead to some patients beliving they are not receiving the treatment they should.You get the imprssion from the government that their reforms are ill thought out and hurried based on not what is best for patients and the NHS but what fits in with there political ideology.I suspect this expensive experiment will cost billions and damage rather than improve the NHS.

Related articles by Zemanta

• NHS reforms: Is Andrew Lansley's brutal surgery really needed? (guardian.co.uk)
• NHS reform plan: Views from the surgery (guardian.co.uk)
• Coalition NHS Reforms Are A 'Reckless Gamble' (news.sky.com)
• Save the NHS: new campaign launched (liberalconspiracy.org)
• Reaction to NHS shakeup: Tied up in knots or free to deliver better care? (guardian.co.uk)
• Unison joins resistance to NHS reforms (computing.co.uk)