NHS system reform
Report on a survey of the general public's views on NHS system reform, June 2008
The views of the general public were gathered on the effectiveness of changes to the NHS over the past decade, commercial companies providing healthcare services to NHS patients and future funding of the NHS.BMA response to Lord Darzi's review 'Healthcare for London: A Framework for Action', September 2007
The BMA's response includes input from all the BMA committees representing major branches of medical practice, as well as the community care committee and patient liaison group.Lord Darzi’s Healthcare for London Review
A briefing note on Lord Ara Darzi's review of London's healthcare and detailed in his plan 'Healthcare for London: Framework for action'.NHS - BMA's support
This paper dispels the myths perpetuated over the years on the role of the BMA in the introduction of the National Health Service in the l940sHospital reconfiguration: Good practice guide, May 2007
Guidance produced by the BMA’s Central Consultants and Specialists Committeeto highlight the key principles it believes should be fulfilled in order for service changes to be acceptable to the profession, and to assist consultants in their involvement in any such plans.Consultants working in competition with NHS employers, April 2007
Guidance for consultants who do paid work outside their NHS contract, explaining the extent to which consultants may be viewed as competing with their main NHS employer.Consultant survey on the impact of NHS reform (England), February 2007
The consultants committee is keen to identify innovative approaches to delivering health care and to find examples where the ability to deliver good quality care is being impeded by Government policy or local constraints. A survey was undertaken to gather information about consultants' views on Government health policies and how changes are affecting consultants' ability to care for their patients.Health select committee - public and patient involvement in the NHS, January 2007
Written evidence from the BMA's Patient Liaison Group and endorsed by the BMA to the Health Select Committee's inquiry into Public and Patient Involvement in the NHSPublic administration select committee. Public services: putting people first?, January 2007
Written evidence from the BMA's Patient Liaison Group and endorsed by the BMA to the Public Administration Select Committee's inquiry into Public Services: Putting People First.Reconfiguration statement, 15 December 2006
Statement from the BMA’s Central Consultants And Specialists Committee on hospital reconfiguration.Service Reconfiguration – Joint Statement from the BMA’s Central Consultants and Specialists Committee and the General Practitioners Committee
Produced by the Central Consultants and Specialists Committee and the General Practitioners Committee, this joint statement aims to set out the guiding principles for service reconfiguration and builds on ‘Hospital Reconfiguration: a Good Practice guide’, published by the CCSC in May 2007.NHS - commissioning of NHS services
The BMA has responded to the Department of Health's commissioning framework for England (November 2006). The BMA has produced its own set of principles that it would wish to see upheld as the role of commissioning develops.NHS - hospital reconfigurations
A briefing paper explaining the BMA's position on hospital reconfigurations is to support evidence-based changes that would improve the quality of patient care but any service reconfiguration must be properly planned and should involve the views of local health professionals and patients. Reconfiguration to suit political needs or decisions based solely on cost would be completely unacceptable.Improving the management of long-term conditions in the face of system reform, June 2006
The government’s recent white paper 'Our health, our care, our say: a new direction for community services' reinforces central ambitions to better manage long-term conditions. This paper by the Health Policy and Economic Research Unit aims to explore how these ambitions might be taken forward in practice.MRI Outsourcing Survey, 2005
The BMA’s Radiology Subcommittee conducted a survey to establish the views of clinicians on outsourcing of radiological services during the summer of 2005 with the report compiled in the autumn. The survey was conducted because of the large number of concerns from radiologists and their consultant colleagues at the impact of the outsourcing. These were taken up by the Royal College of Radiologists whilst the report was being written.Aligning the different faces of system reform, 27 February 2006
The edition of 'Health policy debate' for 27 February 2006 focusses on themes relating to the System Reform Conference.