Amanda Doyle on the trouble with patient choice
Lord Darzi, in his next stage review, talks a lot about choice, and why not? Greater choice of healthcare provider is, undoubtedly, a good thing.
- Published:02 September 2008 09:00
- Author: Amanda Doyle
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John Cochran on healers, leaders and partners
Lord Darzi's review singles out Kaiser Permanente in the US as an example of an organisation with strong clinical leadership and says the NHS can learn from its "practitioner, partner, leader" model. Permanente Federation director John Cochran explains
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