Health Re-organisation
The health service reforms aim to reduce management costs by 45%. Primary care Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities are to be abolished by 2013 and GPs consortia will hold budgets in future.
The re-organisation of the health service aims to reduce health management costs by 45% and leave more for front line services.
Plans were announced by the government in July and arguably it's the biggest change in the NHS since its inception. One of the most fundamental aspects of the reforms is the setting up of GPs consortia which effectively transfers 拢80 b of public money to GPs. This paves the way for the abolition of the Primary care Trusts, which used to control the budgets. The Strategic Health Authority, that used to oversee the PCTs, is also to be scrapped. Two consortia in Cambridgeshire, where the Health Secretary is an MP, are undertaking a pilot of the new system. The plans have been criticised by the British Medical Association, the Royal College of Nurses and the Royal College of General Practitioners. Even though many GP's welcome the idea. many others are concerned over the pace of change.
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The Politics Show East - Health Service reforms
Duration: 03:35
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Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Jon Sopel |
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- Sun 10 Oct 2010 12:10成人快手 One East & Cambridgeshire only