The GMSC has sent me today the details of the deal struck with Milburn
and copies of letters exchanged between them.
The deal is a material and substantial improvement on what was proposed
before, that which was going to be accepted without a whimper.
The deal paves the way towards building decent safeguards for those
family doctors who will be members of PCGs. In that respect, Chisholm
et al have done well. I am anxious, however, that the deal must be
enshrined in the Statute.
None of this would have happened without the courage and sturdy resolve
of many doctors who stood up to bullying and made their voices heard.
The dramatic changes to the White Paper make it very difficult to
achieve the critical mass needed to stop it. But these changes also
make it a very different WP!
I still believe that PCGs as a concept are bad for patients and doctors
and that they are the thin edge of a very dangerous wedge.
I shall remain in opposition to PCGs because a) they are ideologically
unsound, and, b) they are being imposed on me.
To that end, I shall stay outside and independent of the PCG forming
in my area.
Ahmad
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Dr Ahmad Risk
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