Planning the medical workforce / Medical Manpower Standing Advisory Committee.

  • Great Britain. Medical Manpower Standing Advisory Committee.
Date:
1992
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    The Health of the Nation 2.16 Recent White Papers’ have set out a strategy to improve the health of people living in the United Kingdom. They highlighted the key priorities for action and set national targets for achievement. High quality health Services? -Teparticularlyorimproved public: awarenesss and disease prevention, - are at the heart of this strategy. Doctors, together with other health care professionals, have a key role in securing these improvements. METHOD OF APPROACH Obtaining Evidence 2.17 To gather evidence on the issues noted above, we invited written submissions of evidence from a wide range of interested bodies. We did not wish to be prescriptive about the evidence and asked for views on all aspects of medical manpower within our terms of reference. We received evidence from GiEty eight organisations representing the medical profession, academic and research bodies, National Health Service interests and other health care professions.’ 2.18 Following consideration of the written evidence, twelve organisations were invited to present their evidence Orally and to discuss it with the Committee. These discussions provided us with a valuable opportunity to seek Clarification of the evidence and obtain views on current issues across a wide range of opinion. 2.19 We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those organisations who gave evidence, for their assistance and co-operation. Resources 2.20 Our terms of reference specifically require us to have regard to resource assumptions provided by the Secretary of State. We have therefore looked at need and demand in the context of affordability: need in terms of health care could be boundless. In the context of this report we take it to be that level of health care considered appropriate by elinverangs- ’Strategic Intent and Direction for the NHS in Wales. 1990. The Health of the Nation - A Strategy for Health in England. 1992. Scotland's Health - A Challenge to us all. 1992. A Regional Strategy for Northern Ireland 1992-1997. 1992. 8a complete list is at Appendix 2. z
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