"Admirable idea. Be interested to see how he thinks he is going to achieve it and what resources will back it up!" -

I have worked in the NHS for over 40 years and been round the cycle a few times. The best way to organise the NHS and get back to excellent care at the coalface is to get rid of the individual trusts, PCTs etc and return to a truly National Health Service with expert care for all without tiers and tiers of management with no clue on care provision other than how to manage a bank account. People are entitled to quality care assessed and provided by trained staff without having to jump through miles of paper hoops. The NHS is precious and should be protected. The principle free at the point of delivery is even more important today. Local corporate bodies do not necessarily provide good quality care.

As a community nurse experience teaches me that patients to prefer to be nursed in their own home; however, this does need to backed up with more resources and financial reward for nurses on the front line, eg, ca and maintenance allowances need to improve as well as staff grading as we are dealing with more complex patients as autonomous practitioners and will be saving the NHS a considerable amount of money eg patients in their own home do not require hospital food, etc