Monthly Archives: December 2011

Declaring the most special of gifts

By , Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 1 Comment
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I’d like to declare a gift. I understand that with the new rules any failure to declare gifts over the value of £30 leaves you open to bribery law charges. In the season of goodwill I understand many patients like to show appreciation for the services rendered by a small offering. Read more »

Some simple maths would sort out the NHS pronto

By , Monday, 12 December 2011, Be the first to comment
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What would you do if you were the PM? All that power and all those problems.

A long time ago I opined on the idea that with great power comes great responsibility. Part of that responsibility is that we as commissioners will also be expected to deliver as providers. Part of that delivery is to make good on the shift of money from secondary to primary care. I reckon that £10 spent in primary care is the equivalent of £100 spent in secondary care. Read more »

GPs take responsibility while PCTs retain power

By , Monday, 5 December 2011, Be the first to comment
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It was a case of smoke gets in your eyes this week with the Silver Fox telling us that we should be more like schools if we wanted to be a small clinical commissioning group and that the best people to help us were those people who used to be in PCTs but are now being clustered. Read more »

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