Summary
As part of NHS reforms doctors will be holding the purse strings from April 1st. In a special edition of the programme Dr Mark Porter finds out what the changes actually mean in practice. He meets GPs who have already been piloting some of the ways in which health services are commissioned to find out what they will mean for services on the ground. He also hears from GPs and hospital doctors about their concerns. One doctor says implementing GP commissioning is like flying a plane while it's being built. Why are GPs concerned and what could the changes mean for the future of our health services?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, you're about to listen to a BBC podcast, and I am Ed Gamble, host of another BBC |
| 0:04.6 | podcast, The Traitors Uncloaked. But my show is available only on BBC Sounds, just like |
| 0:09.9 | Ellis and John's Saturday bonus episodes, the Pop Top Ten podcast with Scott Mills and Rylen, |
| 0:15.0 | and comedy specials from the likes of Harriet Kemsley, Susie Ruffel and Romesh Ranganathan. |
| 0:19.9 | However, and maybe I'm biased, it's really all about the traitors uncloked. |
| 0:24.3 | So for a whole bunch of exclusive scoops and podcasts, listen only on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:29.5 | Hello, I'm Dr Mark Porter and thank you for downloading this edition of Inside Health. |
| 0:34.0 | I hope you enjoy it. |
| 0:35.5 | Hello and welcome to an Inside health special on the NHS reforms. |
| 0:39.5 | Next Tuesday we'll see the biggest shake-up of the NHS in England since the service was formed 65 years ago, |
| 0:44.8 | as GPs take over the role of commissioning services on your behalf, |
| 0:49.1 | everything from looking after a new baby to getting a new hip. |
| 0:52.4 | But what will that mean for you and your family? I'll be putting |
| 0:55.1 | your questions to our panel of experts later. Before then, BBC Health correspondent Branwyn |
| 1:00.4 | Jeffries will be joining me to help explain the reforms, along with a number of GPs involved |
| 1:05.2 | in implementing them. Commissioning is a word that doesn't mean very much to very many people, |
| 1:10.6 | but to me it could easily translate into one word, buying. |
| 1:16.1 | Think GPs, think nurses, they are having more control of the family budget. |
| 1:23.5 | What food does the family need? |
| 1:25.5 | You think about it. |
| 1:26.5 | You go out and buy it. |
| 1:28.2 | With the family, we'll decide whether we can afford it from waitrose or from Lidl. |
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