Partnerships between the private healthcare sector and the NHS have blurred the clear lines of policy on delivering better health care, says the Kings Fund.The independent healthcare charity says that private hospitals are competing with the NHS for staff, money and patients, and are ill-prepared to also be partners.
This colourful and exciting publication reports on the findings of the Liverpool Democracy Commission. The report is the outcome of a six month consultation process with a wide range of Liverpool citizens and stakeholders in local government. The document makes a series of recommendations for the future of Liverpool which promises to radically change the engagement of city government with its citizens.’I hope that other cities will take Liverpool’s lead and look at ways of really engaging with local government.’ ‘There are many ideas in this report that the government needs to look at.’Rt. Hon. Hilary Armstrong MP, Minister for Local Government and the Regions.