Doctors to debate NHS 'top-ups'

bbc.co.uk     09-Jul-2008            

Doctors at the British Medical Association conference are to discuss the issue of NHS patients paying to top up their care using the private sector. Anyone in the UK who pays for any form of private treatment can be barred from the normal package of NHS care. Ministers in England and Scotland have announced reviews of the guidelines. BMA chairman Hamish Meldrum has said his "gut instinct" is that co-payments go against NHS values but some doctors believe they should be allowed. Doctors will debate the issue at the BMA's annual conference in Edinburgh on Wednesday. This is one of the most important issues the NHS faces, but it is so complex Jonathan Fielden BMA's consultants committee 'Why can't we pay for extra drugs?' The issue has come to a head in recent months as a number of cancer patients have been banned from receiving... [read full story]                    

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Bloody-minded unions? Yes, the BMA is deadly (The Times)

spectator.co.uk     07-Jul-2008          

I have a piece in today's Times on Dr Hamish Meldrum and the BMA. Here's an extract: ...When we think of bloody-minded unions, it's the likes of Jack Jones and Bob Crow that usually spring to mind. But when it comes to...                    

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NHS is being run like a shoddy supermarket war, says BMA chairman

telegraph.co.uk     07-Jul-2008          

By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor, in Edinburgh The NHS is being run like a "shoddy supermarket war" and the introduction of competition between hospitals for patients and funding should be scrapped, according to the chairman of...                    

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Doctors feeling 'under attack'

scotsman.com     07-Jul-2008          

DOCTORS in England feel under attack from the government, the leader of the profession has said. Dr Hamish Meldrum, British Medical Association chairman, hit out at ministers following pressure over the reform of the NHS,...                    

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Doctors slam 'gunboat diplomacy'

channel4.com     07-Jul-2008          

Last Modified: 07 Jul 2008 Source: PA News Doctors have hit out against the Government's "continued attacks" on the medical profession and its use of "gunboat diplomacy". They accused ministers of systematically undermining...                    

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NHS is being run like a shoddy supermarket, says doctors' leader

guardian.co.uk     07-Jul-2008          

The leader of Britain's doctors today urged the government to scrap market reforms and stop the NHS being run "like a shoddy supermarket". The British Medical Association (BMA) chairman, Dr Hamish Meldrum, said introducing the...                    

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NHS is being run like a shoddy supermarket war, say doctors

thisislondon.co.uk     07-Jul-2008          

Hostile: Doctors accused Gordon Brown's government of subjecting GPs to spin and pressure Doctors hit out today against the Government's "continued attacks" on the medical profession and its use of "gunboat diplomacy". Doctors...                    

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NHS urged to shed market systems

ft.com     07-Jul-2008          

By Nicholas Timmins, Public Policy Editor The NHS in England should abandon choice, competition and other market-like mechanisms in favour of integrated care, making it more like Scotland’s health service, the British Medical...                    

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NHS reform like a supermarket war, say doctors

guardian.co.uk     08-Jul-2008          

Doctors' leaders piled scorn on the government yesterday, accusing ministers of making hospitals and GPs compete for patients as if they were engaged in "a shoddy supermarket war". The British Medical Association, at its annual...                    

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Doctors' chief says England must follow Scots lead on NHS funding

scotsman.com     08-Jul-2008          

Published Date: 08 July 2008 ENGLAND must follow Scotland in the way it funds health services, by shunning the private sector and not forcing competition into the NHS, the leader of the UK's doctors said yesterday. Dr Hamish...                    

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Hospital housing victory for first-year doctors

icnetwork.co.uk     08-Jul-2008          

Jul 8 2008 Western Mail Madeleine Brindley, Health Editor, reports from the BMA’s annual representatives’ meeting in Edinburgh FIRST-YEAR doctors training in Wales will continue to have access to free hospital accommodation for...                    

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