The Prime Minister has revealed several key changes to the Health and Social Care Bill involving reform of the NHS that will be made as a result of the government's listening exercise.
Amendments included altering the make-up of commissioning consortia, the retention of some current waiting time targets and the role of regulator Monitor. The 18-week limit on waiting lists and four hour waiting limit for A&E will be retained. However, this was tempered by the PM who acknowledged that this target had caused disruption to many patients in its implementation, and so outcomes such as re-attendance rates for the same problem would also be measured. The use of GP-only consortia to commission NHS services was one of the main points of contention surrounding the original ...
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