Visions for care in strategic health authorities is a briefing from the King’s Fund that provides a thematic summary of some of the key features of the nine SHA plans in response to the Darzi Review, for the North West, North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, West Midlands, East Midlands, East of England, South East Coast, South Central and South West.
Themes emerging are identified as:
- Waiting times
- Patient Choice
- Commissioning
- Shifting care from hospitals to community settings
- Primary care and community services
- Long term conditions, care co-ordinators and direct payments
- Centralising care
- Care pathways
- Public health
Cheers to Kieran over at Fade, thanks sue
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