Posts Tagged ‘National Health Service’

Rewarding Medics - a new pilot scheme in NHS

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

News from BBC London

Medical teams could be rewarded with bonuses for successful operations under a plan being considered by the UK’s largest hospital trust.

The Imperial College Healthcare Trust in London said it is to launch a pilot scheme aimed at “rewarding excellence” with better resources and research.

The Department of Health says it wants to strengthen a scheme which rewards surgeons for high performance.

Failing NHS(UK) Hospitals to be handed over to private management

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Is this move to trying to discipline the failing managers, or is it wider conspiracy where NHS is gradually privatised bit by bit so that at governments doesn’t feel the wrath of public anger at once.

Poor managers are to be sacked without receiving large payouts and replaced by staff from profit-making companies who would be paid with public money.
The NHS will retain ownership of hospital buildings and services but the private firm will “take over” the day to day running of the hospital….

….The private firms Virgin, Bupa, Nuffield, Boots, Sainsbury’s and Ramsay Health are already providing NHS services or have expressed an interest in doing so….


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