EPISODE · Apr 12, 2017 · 18 MIN
”We’re kicking the can down the road” - how to get agreement on the future of the NHS
from Medicine and Science from The BMJ · host The BMJ
Our latest debate asks whether there should be a Royal Commission (a high level enquiry, with statutory powers) into the future of the NHS. A high level inquiry could detoxify the radical changes needed and command wide support, say Maurice Saatchi, conservative peer, and Paul Buchanan, The BMJ's patient editor; but Nigel Crisp, independent peer, thinks that a less formal, more flexible and collaborative approach could be quicker. Read the debate: http://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j1621
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Our latest debate asks whether there should be a Royal Commission (a high level enquiry, with statutory powers) into the future of the NHS. A high level inquiry could detoxify the radical changes needed and command wide support, say Maurice Saatchi, conservative peer, and Paul Buchanan, The BMJ's patient editor; but Nigel Crisp, independent peer, thinks that a less formal, more flexible and collaborative approach could be quicker. Read the debate: http://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j1621
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