Slow news day
The Times, the BBC & The Independent catch up with stories about hospital acquired infections.
The chaos in the health service brings to mind the feeling that the govt would like to fix things, to remove the failings of the NHS from the headlines but doesn’t quite know how. It flails around looking for easy answers, trying this & that, anything that snake oil salesmen promise in order to please His Masters Voice. As shown in this quote re Iraq which is a greater priority if such a thing were possible than the NHS.
In the world of General Practice, the ongoing tender for GP Systems of Choice gets a mention as does the recent decision by the South Central SHA to contract with Price Waterhouse Coopers for a review of commissioning.
There is also of course the Kings Fund suggesting that the NHS will not collapse in the next few years due to a lack of money. I agree, the threat is from unstructured, haphazard reform & its effects but the health service will limp along.
IT has been a little neglected of late but Dr Crippen highlights the continuing irritants caused by poor clinician involvement.