Steve Williams
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Comment on: Patients could commission own healthcare, says Nicholson
Let's hang on here. Surely, it would be better to ensure effective commissioning through PBC and extend this to include long term conditions and other health improvements. PBC is floundering at the moment and truthfully this needs to be sorted out fast. Also, the Local Involvement Networks are not officially created until next April and surely it will be part of their remit to ensure that local health needs are properly met. Currently, PCT's control the purse strings of PBC and indicative budgets do little to actually influence change. If the government is afraid of allowing the commissioners to hold the real money, then patients holding the purse strings could be a distant pipedream.
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Comment on: NHS primary care director to back anti-privatisation charity
Paitent and Public Involvement is meant to be the key. Local Involvement Networks will be helping to shape the future delivery of services to local populations. Patient Choice is designed to drive up the quality of services available. GP's as independent contractors are effectively small businesses and as such there is wide variation in the way surgeries operate around the country. If a private sector organisation can offer the services needed, then this should not be percieved as a threat. If any organisation offers the highest quality of services, then let patients be informed and allow them to exercise CHOICE. Steve Williams, London
