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Spurgeon, Peter (2013) Fighting over hospital closures hides a lack of radical thinking. The Conversation .
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Abstract
The public often suspects that the financial crisis is the real cause of hospital closures, even when other reasons are given. The NHS has found it virtually impossible to proceed with closing, or even downgrading, local hospital services. Even when the technical argument has been strong, the local voice - emotional and sometimes irrational - has been very powerful and has generally been successful.
A recent report suggested that up to 20 hospitals in the UK NHS must close in order to save the system from financial meltdown. It has attracted considerable attention, in part, because it comes from three influential and varying perspectives - managers (NHS Confederation), doctors (Academy of Medical Royal Colleges) and patients (National Voice).
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Social Science & Systems in Health (SSSH) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | The Conversation | ||||
| Publisher: | The Conversation Trust (UK) | ||||
| Official Date: | 11 June 2013 | ||||
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| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) |
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