We were joined by Sarah Woolnough, chief executive of the Kings Fund, and Philip Banfield, an obstetrician and council chair at the British Medical Association.
Sarah Woolnough first, Keir Starmer kept on talking about reform, but he didn’t really say what it was. Can you give him any pointers?He said they’re going to develop a detailed plan. But as an example, the Prime Minister talked about shifting more care out of hospitals and into the community and primary care settings.Well, it doesn’t have to be, but it does require a bit of rewiring. At the moment, hospitals get paid by how much activity they do. They’re incentivised to suck patients in.
We’re handwriting prescriptions when they should be electronic. We’ve got operating theatres with ceilings falling down.So John Bell also quoted the example saying that he accused you of blocking this new cholesterol drug because he said GP’s said they weren’t getting paid enough to inject it. Is that the kind of thing you’re up to?I would have a different version of that, having spoken to the BMA president that was present in that meeting.
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