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Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats:Covering the constituencies of Twickenham and Richmond Park |
Burstow: We can democratise the health service
July 26, 2010 10:47 AM
• [Jul 22] Paul Burstow* writes: GIVEN its huge value to our society, the NHS is an institution that should live and breathe Abraham Lincoln's famous democratic dictum: "Of the people, by the people, for the people." Today, the government begins a debate about how we achieve this in practice.
Our consultation, Local democratic legitimacy in health, is a grand title for a simple question: how do we ensure the NHS better serves and accounts to the public for the money it spends and the results it achieves? In other words, how does the government's localism agenda fit the NHS? . .
The new landscape of strong democratic accountability and partnership we are proposing will maintain the pressure to improve, but the pressure will now come from below not above. And this will ensure the NHS can finally focus on what the people want, rather than what the politician prescribes.
- Minister Of State for Care Services.
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