Sunday, February 12, 2012

Lansley presses on with patient vouchers

1:42 PM | Posted by Free Game Zone | Edit Post

Secretary of Health aims to have 50,000 patients with long term conditions are able to buy their own treatment by 2014

Andrew Lansley

on Tuesday came to fight against "a misunderstanding, misinformation and misrepresentation" on reforms to their health, emphasizing his confidence in his bill for the NHS market the announcement of the introduction of a voucher system for 50,000 patients with long term conditions to be able to buy their own treatment.

health secretary told the party conference that the NHS has improved in the last year of the coalition -. 1500 doctors were hired, the waiting time of operation falls and nosocomial infections were at their lowest level

"Labour and their union puppet masters can push its absurdity is all you want, and we will fight with the facts," said Secretary of Health.

also said any withdrawal of its reforms, announcing that 50,000 patients with long term conditions has given the health budget and be able to buy NHS care or treatment of a private insurer by 2014.

The voucher system was tested with 1300 patients. The Ministry of Health should review the evidence before extending the schema

"Budgets that will give them more control over how their needs are met, allowing them to choose and support services that suit them and their families," said Lansley. "Verily, putting patients at the center of attention. "
  • Lansley to please crowds, informed in advance of his speech is that the doctors who wanted to work in the NHS would have to prove they were able to speak a good level of English.
  • The decision follows a case three years ago in which a patient in Cambridgeshire died after being given an overdose of painkillers by a German doctor who was working on his first shift in Great Britain.
Lansley, who faced criticism from 400 public health experts who claimed his reforms would cause "irreparable harm", was in good spirits, despite the applause in the room was silent.

health secretary acknowledged the bill was modified after the forthcoming review of the NHS Forum, which was initiated by the Prime Minister in response to concerns, particularly among health professionals . He said, however, that "the basic principles remain."

The Health Act be discussed in the House of Lords next week. Many liberal Democrats and fellow crossbench are deeply unhappy with the proposed changes


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