NHS shake-up is not a Trojan horse for privatisation, says top doctor

NHS shake-up is not a Trojan horse for privatisation, says top doctor Prof Sir Bruce Keogh says introduction of accountable care organisations is about improving quality of care

The NHS’s top doctor has denied that radical plans to reshape the way patients are cared for are a “Trojan horse” for wholesale privatisation of the health service.

Prof Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England’s national medical director, says setting up new bodies called accountable care organisations (ACOs) in eight areas of England is simply about improving the quality of care the NHS offers. Continue reading... The Guardian