RCGP International

Promoting Excellence in Family Medicine Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there; they cause change They motivate and inspire others to go in the right direction and they, along with everyone else, sacrifice to get there

'Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS' “The NHS today faces great challenges: It must respond to the demands of an increasing and ageing population, advances in medical technology and rising expectations; It remains stifled by a culture of top-down bureaucracy, which blocks the creativity and innovation of its staff; and It does not deliver outcomes in line with the best health services internationally – many of our survival rates for disease are worse than those of our neighbours”.

“The NHS must be equipped to meet these challenges.... – we believe it can do much better for patients. So today, I am publishing this White Paper, Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS: so that we can put patients right at the heart of decisions made about their care; to put clinicians in the driving seat on decisions about services; and to focus the NHS on delivering health outcomes that are comparable with, or even better than, those of our international neighbours.

A patient led NHS – Personalising care – putting patients at the heart of everything we do Delivering better health – a focus on outcomes – eg 1 yr cancer survival Empower physicians – autonomy with accountability The Public’s health – Prioritise prevention – Social reform – LTCs and social care

The main aims of the White Paper are: i. Putting patients and the public first; ii. Focusing on improvement in quality and healthcare outcomes; iii. Autonomy, accountability and democratic legitimacy; and iv. Cutting bureaucracy and increasing efficiency.

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change”

We must become the change we want to see in the world Mahatma Ghandi