Regional issues
How are market reforms affecting the NHS in your area?
In a new series of YouTube clips, the Chairmen of the BMA’s Regional Councils discuss some of the concerns doctors in their areas have about commercial involvement in the NHS.
See:
North West: Dr. J.S. Bamrah on an ISTC failing to carry out expected volumes of work.
East: Dr. Brian Balmer on GP-led health centres and treatment centres
North East: Dr. George Rae on the doctors’ frustration at being blocked from developing services.
South: Dr. David white on Trusts being financially destabilised as simple cases are sent to ISTCs.
South west: Dr. John Hyslop on cherry-picking of services
