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| Monday, 27 June 2005 12:33 | | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk
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Speaking at the British Medical Association’s annual representative meeting in Manchester, chief executive James Johnson called on Doctors to make their voices heard on health reform.
He warned government that NHS reforms would not work unless health professionals were involved.
“My message to the government is simple and clear. Let the professionals help you modernise the NHS to which we are passionately committed. Work with us and your reforms will have a much greater degree of acceptance – and they might just work,” he said.
“Without us they cannot work.”
Mr Johnson highlighted treatment centres as an example of reform that would work well if properly planned but could end up working against patient’s interests unless independent and NHS providers compete on a level playing field.
“Treatment Centres are here and probably here to stay given the cross party consensus on diversity of provision,” he said.
“We should take pride in the fact that NHS, not the treatment centres, will continue to pick up the most complex and difficult cases. It is what we do best.
“But if we are going to have a multi-provider NHS then competition must be fair and the playing field levelled out - no more sweetheart deals that disadvantage NHS hospitals and leave patients, primary care trusts and GPs with no choice but to refer their patients to the treatment centre.”
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