NHS Specialised Services
Debate between Stephen Gilbert and Russell Brown(9 years, 11 months ago)
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Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway) (Lab)
The hon. Gentleman and my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen South (Dame Anne Begg) have spoken about consistent service delivery. Does he see co-commissioning as something of a problem in delivering that?
Stephen Gilbert
There is a huge danger that we will move away from the improved patient experience that we have seen during the past year while national commissioning has been in place for specialised services towards more of a patchwork quilt approach in which patients may not get the same care in different parts of the country or the same pathways to care.