The Deregulation Task Force report now out at
http://www.open.gov.uk/co/du/task.htm
Bits on health include proposals on
>Residential Care and Nursing Homes
>Pharmacies
>Licensing including "licensing of Nurses Employment Agencies should be reviewed with a view to
>abolition" and "the licensing of vitamins and dietary supplements should be abolished, and the
>level of licence fees set by the Medicines Control Agency reviewed"
and
>National Health Service Supplies Authority (NHSSA) - The National Health Service Supplies
>Authority should be privatised or abolished.
Government's response to the independent task force is at
http://www.open.gov.uk/co/du/tgov.htm
Agrees with some and disagrees with other elements of the
recommendations (eg abolition of NHSSA)
TTFN
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