The New White Paper - Equity and Excellence

A new white paper for the NHS has now been published.

Equity and Excellence: liberating the NHS

This blog post offers coverage from pre release. We will publish an update on coverage tomorrow morning.

Health bodies - pre release

White paper signals biggest shake up since NHS began - NHSConfed

Ten challenging questions about the white paper - King's Fund


News Media - pre release

NHS Blue Print due today - HSJ (HSJ White Paper Section)

GPs 'to get control of NHS funds' in England BBC News
What do two GPS think? BBC News

Radical reform? Hardly - Daily Mail

Andrew Lansley to cut thousands of jobs in purge of NHS 'bureaucracy' - Guardian

Tories set out plans for 'results-driven NHS' - Independent

Patients given greater powers to choose consultants in Health White Paper Telegraph

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's 1bn purge on red tape - Daily Mirror

GPs to run 70bn NHS Spending in power shift - FT

Think tanks
Civitas - Report - coverage NHS revolution could set back health service by a year: think tank - Telegraph. Weak Evidence to Support GP Commissioning plan - HSJ

Centre for Policy Studies - As we say goodbye to Big Government and let go of the nanny state, what comes next?

Adam Smith Institute - Health Reform

2020 Public Service Trust - Improving Health Outcomes (PDF)

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