The study, by influential think tank the Kings Fund, paints a devastating picture of a health service culture in which the needs of the sick come second to management targets and ministers’ priorities. It says NHS reforms which were introduced last month have increased the risks to patients – and the likelihood that a scandal like that at Mid Staffordshire Hospital is repeated. The report, based on a survey of more than 900 healthcare professionals which was undertaken before the head of the NHS, Sir David Nicholson, announced plans to retire, found little confidence among frontline staff and managers about those in charge of the service.
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