tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712706263695364665.post4173532361836886965..comments2023-09-28T09:58:52.368+00:00Comments on Critical Faculty Dojo: Private treatment initiative underutilised by NHS, rollout halted.CFD Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14176957304124700156noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712706263695364665.post-9871967292908656212008-02-14T10:57:00.000+00:002008-02-14T10:57:00.000+00:00I tend to agree Re: national health provision. Thi...I tend to agree Re: national health provision. This initiative, if it had been set up properly, should have taken up the excess of a lot of basic run of the mill surgery, freeing up hospitals for more serious stuff and reducing waiting times across the board.<BR/><BR/>There is no doubt that the waiting times need reducing despite the Government and NHS administrators fiddling the lists and stats.<BR/><BR/> Instead it is being under used and abandoned, because of the skewed contractual arrangement, possibly exacerbated by prejudice. It still provided the holy grail of ‘free at the point of delivery’.<BR/><BR/>If they didn’t actually financially incentivise NHS hospitals to not use the ISTCs they might be able to do the job they were intended to do.CFD Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14176957304124700156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712706263695364665.post-7338837759398805362008-02-13T21:43:00.000+00:002008-02-13T21:43:00.000+00:00Surely this is an ideal opportunity to test market...Surely this is an ideal opportunity to test market forces in health provision? All that the Govt needs to do is tell Doctors to send patients to the clinic that offers the lowest price, but with neither being able to go below cost.<BR/><BR/>What we need is national health provision, not a national health service.Simon Fawthrophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519464855839416009noreply@blogger.com