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Letters How to fix the broken NHS

Fixing the NHS means improving its organisational capability

BMJ 2024; 387 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2641 (Published 27 November 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;387:q2641
  1. Tim Pethick, general manager in the NHS
  1. Ashford, UK
  1. me{at}timpethick.com

Salisbury notes the need to tackle staffing issues (numbers and types) and maldistribution of funding if the NHS is to be fixed.1 Fixing the front door (general practice) is another suggestion. From my perspective in primary care, I agree wholeheartedly with both of these points.

The focus on fixing the broken NHS involves a change of model and more (or different …

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