Experts Have to Decide Where Nhs Cash Is Spent ; As the Nhs Faces Squeezes On Its Budget, Shadow Health Minister Andrew Rt Davies Puts Forward the Case for Changing Priorities to Raise the Standard of Patient Care

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CONSERVATIVES have long been supporters of devolving decision- making to local people and one of the key areas for which the Welsh Assembly Government has power is the running of the NHS.

The recent Nuffield report gives us the opportunity to analyse the differences that now exist in the UK's four health services, which have developed over the past 10 years as a result of devolution.

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Experts Have to Decide Where Nhs Cash Is Spent ; As the Nhs Faces Squeezes On Its Budget, Shadow Health Minister Andrew Rt Davies Puts Forward the Case for Changing Priorities to Raise the Standard of Patient Care

The Nuffield report last month raised some important questions about the delivery of our public health service, and the need to ensure value for money.

It found that, as a result of the different approach to healthcare in Wales, the performance of some key service areas has been rel...

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