Dear all, The Royal Statistical Society's Getstats campaign has set up a blog on this subject, prompted by an article Allyson Pollock, Sylvia Godden and I wrote in the BMJ recently. Please contribute your views! http://www.getstats.org.uk/2012/05/02/will-nhs-stats-be-less-reliable-in-future/ Best wishes, Alison Macfarlane You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.