Headlines, PublicNet: 3 November, 1997
The King’s Fund and the British Medical Journal have opened the debate on health care rationing in advance of the White Paper setting out the Government’s proposals.The ideas and principles of fair rationing are described in their new publication – Rationing: Talk and Action in Health Care. It contains articles from leading rationing experts and it destroys the myth that there is no rationing in the NHS. Robert Maxwell, chief executive of the King’s Fund said: “Rationing has always taken place in the NHS, but it has been consistently denied by the Government. We hope that the White Paper to be published shortly will set out their intentions.
