The independent commentary on British political affairs.
The independent commentary on British political affairs.
May 2008
Vol. 11, No. 11
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The secretary of state is reported as saying at the launch of the Darzi NHS Next Stage review that it was based on ‘evidence of good practice’. The political use of the word ‘evidence’ is increasingly a synonym for faith-based policy-making.
Inevitably, one has sympathy for Darzi. General election fever led to the precipitate publication of half-baked proposals. As they are only interim proposals, hopefully some fine-tuning will be possible, for example whilst…
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