NHSPN slams ‘incoherent’ Preferred Provider policy

The NHS Partners Network (NHSPN) has dubbed the government’s NHS as Preferred Provider plans as a ‘thoroughly incoherent’ policy which would have no ‘significant difference’ in the medium term.NHSPN director David Worskett told HMN that proposals outlined by Health Secretary Andy Burnham to make the NHS the preferred provider in commissioning of public health services…