HEALTH

Five years, that's all we've got

Michael Burton wades through ambitious guidance on the next five years and explains how productivity could form the base for a more effective forward plan

It is with a sense of dread that one wades through the latest planning guidance from the six English health agencies on delivering the Forward View over the next five years.

There is a lot of jargon, a lot of new acronyms, much wishful thinking and frankly times when the guidance simply appears to be divorced from reality. NHS administrators will pore over every page while doctors and nurses are likely to chuck the guidance in the nearest clinical waste receptable.

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