'Just cutting a budget without a well thought-out plan doesn’t magically improve efficiency, and it’s very likely to disrupt the healthcare you were trying to deliver.'
https://www.bmj.com/content/389/bmj.r962
https://www.bmj.com/content/389/bmj.r962
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This is my 10th significant NHS reorganisation - in 33 years.
I was at a meeting recently describing the 'success' of last year's Cost Improvement Programme, swiftly followed by the announcement of 'and for this year's CIP...' (an even bigger number). It's cuts on cuts on cuts...
They aren't trying to deliver healthcare -that's what they *say* they are trying to do. What they are actually trying to do is demolish the NHS so they can persuade more people it's OK to privatise it even faster.