NHS care and spend differs nationwide
21/01/2010National Health Service (NHS) performance indicators including waiting times, health care expenditure and staff productivity vary significantly across the UK, according to a new report from the Nuffield Trust.
While Scotland has the highest rates of NHS expenditure, hospital doctors, nurses and GPs per capita, it also records the highest levels of poor health and lowest rates of medical staff productivity.
Dr Hamish Meldrum, chairman of council at the British Medical Association, said: "While 'productivity' is important, it is by no means the only measure of how well the NHS is performing.
"The BMA would support the recommendations for more research into health outcomes, as well as the experiences of staff and patients - both areas where the impact of policies in England have often been negative."
NHS Employers recently reported that the care service is facing a real terms cut of around £20 billion in the three years from 2011.
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