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London hospitals: Low standards, poor careDate: 11/07/2007 09:20:00
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The government's new health minister has claimed the NHS needs to undergo a massive change to better serve today's health concerns - starting with healthcare in London.
In his report on the capital published today, Sir Ara Darzi has made numerous proposals to shake up the NHS in the next decade.
The findings come as part of an NHS review on the future of healthcare in the capital - the results of which may pave the way for alterations to healthcare in primary care trusts in the rest of the country.
Although he did find some areas of excellent healthcare treatment he described London's NHS provision as needing more work to truly get it up to scratch.
He cites low productivity, high costs and underused resources as main areas of concern.
He suggested that five to ten polyclinics - super GP surgeries - which would help to support specialist hospitals, should be up and running by April 2009.
In his criticism of the current service he said: "The days of the district general hospital seeking to provide all services to a high enough standard are over."
Although Sir Ara has claimed that no hospitals would be shut as a result of these changes his critics remain unconvinced.
Geoff Martin, of the union-funded pressure group Health Emergency, said: "This is a package of cash-led cuts to local services dressed up as a rational planning process...
"If these plans are bundled through, Londoners can expect long journeys through the capital's busy streets in a blue-light ambulance in order to access emergency care."
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