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NHS shake-up grants new powers to doctors and patients

 
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:42 am    Post subject: NHS shake-up grants new powers to doctors and patients Reply with quote
NHS shake-up grants new powers to doctors and patients
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7885753/NHS-shake-up-grants-new-powers-to-doctors-and-patients.html

Family doctors will be responsible, in consortiums, for commissioning the care for patients in their area by buying treatment from hospitals, charities and other doctors.

Andrew Lansley, Health Secretary, said the white paper represented a "vision based on the principles of freedom, fairness and responsibility".
However, there was immediate criticism from Labour and the unions, saying handing £80bn to GPs who are private contractors was a mistake and that the plan was a 'Trojan horse' for widespread privatisation.
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