NHS and Department of Health bosses checking into their NHS Confederation conference accommodation should have taken note of its name - the Hard Day’s Night Hotel.
It was a hard night indeed for one primary care trust chief forced to spend the evening with a furious knight of the realm ranting that he had been thrown off his GP’s list for moving one road outside of practice boundaries. Clearly, when it comes to family doctors, even a knighthood does not guarantee decent service.
To: Don Wise, chief executiveFrom: Paul Servant, assistant chief executiveRe: NHS reshuffle
The Department of Health is downplaying Mark Britnell’s departure for the private sector, insisting the world class commissioning programme will not flounder without him.
Primary care trusts have been ordered to “test to destruction” their plans to deal with swine flu amid concerns that some may be complacent about their preparedness.
This week: Professor Sir Michael Marmot , professor of epidemiology and public health at University College London
This week: Sir Norman Lamb , Liberal Democrat MP for North Norfolk
This week: David R Williams , professor of public health and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University
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