You may have noticed that the White Paper has not gone down too well here. Clearly it would be churlish to suggest that a terrible typo took place, and that the ‘W’ should have been an ‘S’.
But I’ve felt a degree of unease about responding negatively to it, and yesterday I realised why. The underlying ideas – the foundations – are correct.
Clinicians do need to be involved in commissioning, if is to become effective.
Information on NHS-funded performance does need to be more open.