Medics hit out at Hunt’s US-style reforms
ACADEMICS have slammed Jeremy Hunt’s plans to let American-style bodies run parts of the NHS.
The Health Secretary’s Accountable Care Organisa- tions of health trusts and private providers would assume joint responsibility for a local area’s population.
A group of health professionals are seeking a judicial review to halt the bid. An article in the BMJ today says: “There has been no public consultation about whether the law and the NHS should undergo this major change.”