Commissioning organisations in England face losing a quarter of the “quality premium” if they do not keep down their emergency admissions for specific conditions. Martin McShane (doi:) supports the plan, but Chaand Nagpaul worries about possible unintended consequences
The government must grasp that the NHS is nothing without its workforce, writes Chaand Nagpaul
Chaand Nagpaul BMA council chairLooking at the year ahead, incredible medical progress has been made over the past 12 months in understanding and managing covid-19. We now have a range of effective vaccines that have significantly reduced levels of illness and death and we are better at managing covid infections, with lower levels of hospital admissions, length of stay, ICU admissions, and deaths relative to infection rates.
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