This response presents a number of reservations about whether the policy objectives behind the introduction of quality accounts – to drive quality improvement and increase public accountability - can be achieved and includes comments about the detail of the proposals.
The King's Fund has produced this briefing ahead of the second reading of the Health Bill in the House of Commons. The briefing examines the measures outlined in the Bill to introduce a Constitution for the NHS; pilot direct payments for patients; require providers of NHS-funded care to produce annual ...