This is actually a BBC poll. The King's Fund did do a poll of doctors views on the reforms back in August 2010. The results were published here http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/current_projects/the_nhs_white_paper/impact_of_the_health.html
This was after the White Paper had been published but before the Bill was published. The Fund has tried to be constructive as well as critical. We warned of the risks of embarking on major structural reform at a time of financial crisis. See our original White Paper response http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/press/press_releases/too_far_too_fast.html and have repeated this message throughout the debates about the Bill.
All of our resources on the Health and Social Care Act, how it was amended, etc are easily accessed here if anyone wants to find out more http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/current_projects/the_health_and_social_care_bill/index.html
While the political debates in parliament might be over the real challenges of implementing this and trying to make it work now begin. Lots of questions remain unanswered and as the financial pressures begun to bite it is difficult to see how this will end well.
Anna
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Hi
The following might interest you, which seems to show, in a poll undertaken by our colleagues at the King's Fund, that GPs are giving an increasing thumbs down to the NHS reforms (or thumbs up if you take the anachronistic meaning of thumbs up, which meant death, but I digress).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17604351
I thought the King's Fund were generally supporting the reform effort, but maybe I'm wrong (and will no doubt be corrected), and that's by the by anyway.
Or, you might be interested in this recent BBC lecture at the LSE by Michael Sandel:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01f5lcg/The_Public_Philosopher_Sho
uld_universities_give_preference_to_applicants_from_poor_backgrounds/
I went to two of his three lectures here, and was very much underwhelmed (maybe I'm too demanding). They were meant to be Socratic dialogues, but felt more like undergraduate focus groups. Anyway, see what you think, if you're interested.
Best,
Adam
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