Tuesday 31 May 2016

Hospital transformation plans could break deadlock on restructuring

Hospital transformation plans could break deadlock on restructuring Sustainability and transformation plans are intended to force answers to difficult local questions – but care must be taken not to create a new set of problems.

The NHS is showing impressive ingenuity in finding ways round the chaos caused by Andrew Lansley’s reforms, but some of the solutions risk causing a new set of long-term problems.

From the structure and role of the regulators to the commissioning of primary care, the NHS has gradually stitched together a tapestry of organisations and processes to do what needs to be done, then backfilled the governance to ensure it stays within the law. Continue reading... The Guardian

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