David Cameron's idea of imposing cuts in the bureaucracy in the National Health Service (NHS) has been ridiculed by the Labour party. The party is of the view that cuts in the bureaucracy will leave the NHS bewildered over the responsibility of the trusts.
It is believed that David Cameron has failed to stand by his promise made during the election. During the elections, he promised that there would be no more top-down reorganization of the NHS.
It has been reported that Cameron's new NHS structure will include construction of a National Commissioning Board. The board thus formed will not include any minister. For the successful working of the board, Sir David Nicholson has been appointed as the Chief Executive.
Besides, the other new bodies will include clinical senates, Public Health England, Health watch England, Health Education England, citizens' panels, local education and training boards, and health and wellbeing boards. It has further been revealed that the primary care trusts (PCTs) will be replaced by accredited and shadow clinical commissioning groups (CCGs).
While criticizing the reorganization of the NHS, Labour party said that the reorganization will lead to confusion over the transfer of responsibility from PCTs to CCGs. Besides, the senior officials at the Department of Health raised concerns about the danger of operating a two-tier commissioning system.
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