Why can't we all just work together?

摘要

At a recent meeting on the future of general practice,Kate Billingham,Deputy Chief Nursing Officer at the Department of Health,sought to broaden the debate by proposing that the key to the future of the NHS was to focus on the thing that brings people together;namely providing patient care.This struck a chord with the audience.It seems that the next big challenge for the NHS is marrying a philosophy of patient choice and competition(or plurality and con-testability to use the jargon of the day)with the need for a range of providers to work together towards one common goal;delivering high quality services to the patients under their care.