Press release: NHS Confederation comments on Conservatives' public services policy improvement group report

04 Sep 2007

Commenting on the report, Gill Morgan, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents over 95% of the organisations that make up the NHS, said:

"We warmly welcome the report. There is much to praise - especially in relation to leaving central government to set the overall framework and allowing health professionals to innovate and improve services in a context of local accountability and transparency.

"The report covers a range of other issues but from the Confederation's view it is also pleasing to see a real emphasis on tackling health inequalities and improving public health that runs from central government down to the individual citizen. This is certainly a serious and considered contribution to the health debate in this country."

Notes for editors

The NHS Confederation represents more than 95% of the organisations that make up the NHS. Its members include the majority of NHS acute trusts, ambulance trusts, foundation trusts, mental health trusts, primary care trusts, special health authorities and strategic health authorities in England; trusts and local health boards in Wales; and health and social service trusts and boards in Northern Ireland.

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