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Cancer World Newsletter - Cover Story: David Cameron: what do we really know about the quality of care we provide? PDF Print E-mail
With health budgets under pressure from multiple directions, getting the best possible health outcomes for the available resources has never been more important. But it’s never going to happen, argues David Cameron in this Cover Story, until those in charge of health policy and health service delivery invest in gathering and collating the data and doing the sums. If we want to do better, we need to ask questions about the quality of healthcare we deliver, is his message.

What do you think?

  • How far are decisions about health policy and delivery of health service based on hard evidence about what delivers the best value in terms of outcomes?
  • How far are you aware of the costs and benefits associated with the interventions you deliver?
  • Should clinicians feel responsible for getting the best value from limited health budgets, or is that just a job for the accountants?
 You can read the article here. Press the comment button at the end and share your views.