Press release

Reform report on hospitals

Department of Health responds to a report from the think tank Reform.

From:
Department of Health and Social Care and 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Simon Burns
Published
15 September 2011
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

A report from the think tank Reform by Professor Paul Corrigan has claimed that up to 40 hospitals will fail by 2013 without radical reform of their working practices, and that Britain could face a 拢5bn bill to rescue the trusts.

In response, Health Minister Simon Burns said:

鈥淔ew now deny the NHS must change to meet future challenges.

鈥淏ut we believe the NHS should be the opposite of a factory-style operation and instead offer patients high quality, tailored care.

鈥淭hat is why our plan gives freedom and control to doctors and nurses, puts patients at the heart of everything it does and safeguards the future of our health service.鈥�

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Published 15 September 2011