Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS

The NHS White Paper, Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS, sets out the Government’s long-term vision for the future of the NHS.  The vision builds on the core values and principles of the NHS – a comprehensive service, available to all, free at the point of use, based on need, not ability to pay.  It sets out how we will:

• put patients at the heart of everything the NHS does;
• focus on continuously improving those things that really matter to patients – the outcome of their healthcare; and
• empower and liberate clinicians to innovate, with the freedom to focus on improving healthcare services

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/LiberatingtheNHS/index.htm