The NHS market place

The new coalition government’s plans for the NHS in England put GPs firmly in the driving seat - how do their secondary care colleagues feel about that? Jacky Davis, co-chair of the NHS Consultants’ Association and a founder member of the “Keep our NHS Public” campaign, shares her views with Duncan Jarvies. Duncan also talks to Professor Julian Le Grand from the London School of Economics about how market pressures can help make health care more efficient and what GP fundholding taught us. To see all BMJ Group’s articles about the NHS white paper for England, including discussion threads, podcasts, blogs, and learning modules, visit doc2doc.bmj.com/whitepaper