One of the problems—we all know this, and the new Government will be faced with it in exactly the same way—is exactly how to measure productivity in the NHS. Given the complexity of what is provided for patients—and the requirement to put together packages of care to help people recover from serious illness and live independently is so complex—it is hard to do that. The NHS just is not like a commercial business, which is what this Government want to turn it into.
NHS Reorganisation
Proceeding contribution from
John Healey
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 16 March 2011.
It occurred during Opposition day on NHS Reorganisation.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
525 c375-6
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2023-12-15 15:23:49 +0000
URI
http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_726925
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_726925
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_726925