NHS should abolish raft of national targets, Patricia Hewitt review says

NHS should abolish raft of national targets, Patricia Hewitt review says The NHS should abolish a raft of national targets while shifting its focus towards preventing ill health, according to a review by a former Labour health secretary.

The study by Patricia Hewitt, commissioned by the Government and officially published on Tuesday, says a few targets help concentrate minds but having too many makes them less effective.

It comes as the NHS continues to miss major targets on A&E waits, ambulance response times and cancer waits and treatment times. The Independent

See also:

• NHS should abolish raft of national targets, Patricia Hewitt says Evening Standard
• NHS England should scrap many of its national targets, review says The Guardian