Fresh from causing controversy at the Conservative conference, Stonewall chief executive Ben Summerskill caused another stir at the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust diversity summit.
Thanking him for speaking, trust chair Patricia Moberly said she hoped, as a local resident, he would receive a good service if he ever visited the hospital.
“Oh no,” he replied. “I want to be kept waiting as long as everyone else.”
Amidst the state of permanent revolution which has afflicted the NHS in the 21st century, there has been one constant: the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
As Andrew Lansley’s policy adviser I learned the pain of legislating to rewire the NHS — the government should avoid it, says Bill Morgan.
The government’s abandonment of its stricture against a top-down reorganisation would be breathtaking if it was not so tragic.
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