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Article Abstract:

The British Dental Association, the BMA and the RCN jointly organized a debate on likely developments in the National Health Service (NHS) under any future Scottish parliament. Nurses were not represented among the panel leading the debate, but played an active role in the ensuing discussion. The members of the panel stuck to non-controversial arguments, but the nurses present were prepared to raise difficult questions. These included questioning why the Labour party has promised to retain clinical services within the NHS but is willing to see non-clinical services go to the private sector.

Management, Scotland

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States of play

Article Abstract:

In the UK, a left-wing think tank, the Fabian Society, has suggested that the British health care could benefit from adopting a US-style managed health-care system. However, critics say that the American health-care model is flawed, and although funding in the US is greater than in the UK, patient outcomes are below those of many other developed nations. A compromise solution to rising health-care costs appears to lie somewhere between the two systems, with both countries providing free availability of private and public services.

United Kingdom, United States, Economic aspects, Medical care, Medicare

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Acute discomfort

Article Abstract:

There has been almost total opposition to the proposal from Dr James McKenna, chairman of a committee looking at the reorganisation of acute hospitals in Belfast, to unify services at the Royal Victoria and Belfast City hospitals. He believes that the move would improve patient services by creating a viable service between the two hospitals. Others fear that substantial job losses could result and claim that the two hospitals are not compatible.

Hospitals, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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