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Increased Risk Of Medical Negligence?

Will the spending review cuts put patients at risk of medical negligence?

The Government’s recent Spending Review has caused controversy within the ranks of the NHS. At the heart of the Review there are projected cuts aimed at Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) and Primary Care Trusts (PCTs). A total of 10 SHAs are to be axed, along with 150 PCTs at a cost of somewhere between 20,000 and 50,000 medical staff. Replacing these are plans for a central commissioning board and a consortium made up of 500 GPs. However, with so many staff due to be made redundant, has the Government forgotten about the people in the eye of the storm - the patients?

Cutting Management Costs

The Government has said that it wants to cut management costs by 45% by the year 2015. At the same time, it also says that it is aiming to create a world-class health service that is lead by clinicians. As the organisation stands, managers are vital to the operation of the NHS. They are responsible for the establishment and maintenance of structures within hospitals and medical institutions, such as commissioning and delivery of new schemes.

Gill Bellord, Director for Core Services at NHS Employers believes that there will be a period of adjustment that could see the NHS in a state of disarray: “We don't quite know what sort of organisations the new consortia are going to be or what their governance structures will look like.” However, she does concede that much of the skill-pool that exists in PCTs may not be completely dispensed with: “It's not difficult to conclude that a lot of the commissioning expertise that's available is currently residing in PCTs. How much of that expertise gets into the new consortia is the big question.”

What Effect On Patients?

If the structure of the NHS shifts so seismically, will this have an effect on patients? Most people who go into hospitals are unaware of the roles that managers play within the system. However, if there is a period of transition as predicted, any weaknesses in organisational structure could impact negatively on those who are depending on the NHS being a well-oiled machine.

The staff that most people have immediate contact with are GPs. Under the new proposals, GPs will have more say in how the health service is run. However, to become part of a consortium means extra responsibility for those involved. As well as running their own practices and conducting their own surgeries, GPs will be expected to undertake further responsibilities such as demographic analysis, contract negotiation, performance monitoring and aspects of financial management.

Risking The Relationship Between GP And Patient

What could be at risk here is the relationship between GP and patient; a relationship that is at the very core of the NHS and its values. John Restell, Head of Managers in Partnership believes that this could lead to “people making costly mistakes or seeing their health suffer as exhaustion takes its toll”.

For many people, the NHS is literally a lifeline on which they depend. If the reorganisations of its core structures are not managed carefully, it could lead to an increase in the number of medical negligence cases that are made each year.

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