The overhaul of the NHS may harm the public health drive, experts fear.Oops.
Under government plans, primary care trusts in England will be abolished and GPs given control of the budget.
The shake-up will also mean public health is handed to councils, but the King's Fund health think tank said this could lead the NHS to turn its back on issues like smoking and drinking.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Fears public health may be hit in shake-up of NHS
"I am romantic about the NHS; I love it. All I need to do to rediscover the romance is to look at health care in my own country." Donald Berwick, MD, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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