FYI - press release that may be of interest to some of you
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David McDaid
LSE Health and Social Care
Premier Gordon Brown today launched the NHS Next Stage Review in a speech in London, setting out the Government's vision for the future of the health service.
The interim report, Delivering high quality care for all, was released at today's launch. It stresses the importance of innovation within the NHS and includes a proposal to set aside up to £100m to fund the development of hi-tech healthcare.
Health Secretary Alan Johnson told the audience of clinicians that the report was based on "evidence of good practice" and its recommendations would help the NHS become "world class in all respects". Mr Johnson announced a number of measures on the back of the report's publication, including providing better out-of-hours access to GPs and the building of 100 new GP practices.
Lord Darzi, author of the report, said that his vision of the future of healthcare should be one that is "developed and owned by patients, staff and public together". The final part of the Our NHS, Our Future review will be released in spring next year, he said.
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