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IT'S TIME FOR A HEALTHY DEBATE ON SUPERCLINICS AND BUY-INS
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Hampstead and Highgate Express
http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/content/camden/ha mhigh/postbag/story.aspx?brand=NorthLondon24&c ategory=Postbaghamhigh&tBrand=northlondon24&am p;tCategory=postbaghamhigh&itemid=WeED03%20Apr %202008%2010%3A39%3A27%3A897
April 3 2008
UK
Campaigner for elderly people in Westminster & Camden
Controversy reigns supreme over the introduction of the superclinic
and the buy out by multinationals of our health centres.
Camden is a hot bed of discontent after an American company, United
Health, bought into the management of two health centres in the
borough. It appears that there was no consultation at any level,
just a fait accompli - take it or leave it.
Leaving it is not really an option unless one is wealthy enough to
afford private medicine. Taking it on has yet to be assessed. So what
is the agenda? Will it be detrimental to health care? NHS Plc?
It all started with a certain Baron, Professor Ari Darzi of Denham
KBE, one of the world's leading surgeons. Specialising in the field
of minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery and a pioneer of
many such techniques and technologies, he is the master of innovation.
He is also Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department of Health
and appointed to the PM Gordon Brown's "Government of all Talents"
initiative, known by the unfortunate name GOATs. Here he has forged
ahead to bring about change and progress for medicine in the 21st
century.
The Goats separated from the sheep in one fell swoop. Under this
initiative, Baron Darzi was briefed to review the plans for the
future of the NHS, relating mostly to community and primary care,
including GPs, working hours. He came up with the superclinic as the
way for the future.
Who is this man to wield so much influence in the corridors of power?
He was born in Iraq to Armenian parents who had survived the 1915
genocide of their race. They emigrated to Ireland where Ari Dharzi
grew up in idyllic surroundings as a very happy and contented child.
He studied medicine in Ireland, obtained his Fellowship in surgery from
the College of Sur-geons Ireland and an MD from Trinity College Dublin.
Subsequently he was granted fellowships of the Royal College of
Surgeons of England, The American College of Surgeons and Physicians
of Glasgow and of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh.
A Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences and The City and
Guilds of London Institute and honourary fellowship of The Royal
College of Engineering soon followed.
He is Chair of Surgery at Imperial College London where he is head
of the Division of Surgery, Oncology, Reproductive Biology and
Anaesthetics. The awards keep coming in.
Professor Darzi's main clinical and academic interests are in minimal
invasive therapy, including imaging and biological research, together
with investigating methods to measure core competencies of surgery.
He is world famous for the advancement of non invasive surgery and
in the use of allied technologies including surgical robots and image
guided surgery.
Small wonder then that Professor Darzi made rapid progress in his
profession. Not just in medicine but also in his political career.
Left of centre, he has had a long established relationship with Labour.
The Secretary of State for Health elected him to the London
Modernisation Board, now the National Leadership Network, becoming
advisor to the government on modernisation of the NHS and advisor in
surgery to the Department of Health.
His strategy Healthcare for London - A Framework For Action is the
foundation for the future controversial super clinics for primary
care and health promotion.
So there you have it. The day of the GP is gone, just as the day of
the Nightingale ward is gone. Hospitals as we know them are obsolete,
not fit for purpose.
A whole sea change is about to sweep away the mindset of the
established purveyors of health care. Their cages are being rattled
and they don't like it.
The general public should examine what is on offer before they are
swayed by the prophets of doom. The patient has everything to gain
and nothing to lose when one considers the parlous state of the NHS .
The title Health Service is a misnomer anyway. It is in fact a service
for the sick. The healthy are able to take care of themselves.
The new super clinic with modern diagnostic equipment and on the spot
treatments for minor afflictions will ease the burden on casualty
departments and outpatient clinics.
Advances in minimal invasive surgery will be the norm. Infection will
be easier to control.
Recovery time will be shortened. Nurse practitioners will come into
their own at last and remain professional hands-on nurses and not
have to take a managerial job as upgrading. Accountants and clerks
will do what they are trained for, to manage the paperwork.
Medics will be freed to really see and know the human being they
are treating.
The 15 minute audience with a monitor and mouse during office hours
only must end with walk-in superclinics to replace them.
An annual MOT for all to detect disease before it spreads is a
reality. And much much more. Everything that adds to the quality and
quantity of life is possible under Baron Professor Darzi's proposals.
We should welcome it. And not before time.
[email protected]
Hampstead and Highgate Express
http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/content/camden/ha mhigh/postbag/story.aspx?brand=NorthLondon24&c ategory=Postbaghamhigh&tBrand=northlondon24&am p;tCategory=postbaghamhigh&itemid=WeED03%20Apr %202008%2010%3A39%3A27%3A897
April 3 2008
UK
Campaigner for elderly people in Westminster & Camden
Controversy reigns supreme over the introduction of the superclinic
and the buy out by multinationals of our health centres.
Camden is a hot bed of discontent after an American company, United
Health, bought into the management of two health centres in the
borough. It appears that there was no consultation at any level,
just a fait accompli - take it or leave it.
Leaving it is not really an option unless one is wealthy enough to
afford private medicine. Taking it on has yet to be assessed. So what
is the agenda? Will it be detrimental to health care? NHS Plc?
It all started with a certain Baron, Professor Ari Darzi of Denham
KBE, one of the world's leading surgeons. Specialising in the field
of minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery and a pioneer of
many such techniques and technologies, he is the master of innovation.
He is also Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department of Health
and appointed to the PM Gordon Brown's "Government of all Talents"
initiative, known by the unfortunate name GOATs. Here he has forged
ahead to bring about change and progress for medicine in the 21st
century.
The Goats separated from the sheep in one fell swoop. Under this
initiative, Baron Darzi was briefed to review the plans for the
future of the NHS, relating mostly to community and primary care,
including GPs, working hours. He came up with the superclinic as the
way for the future.
Who is this man to wield so much influence in the corridors of power?
He was born in Iraq to Armenian parents who had survived the 1915
genocide of their race. They emigrated to Ireland where Ari Dharzi
grew up in idyllic surroundings as a very happy and contented child.
He studied medicine in Ireland, obtained his Fellowship in surgery from
the College of Sur-geons Ireland and an MD from Trinity College Dublin.
Subsequently he was granted fellowships of the Royal College of
Surgeons of England, The American College of Surgeons and Physicians
of Glasgow and of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh.
A Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences and The City and
Guilds of London Institute and honourary fellowship of The Royal
College of Engineering soon followed.
He is Chair of Surgery at Imperial College London where he is head
of the Division of Surgery, Oncology, Reproductive Biology and
Anaesthetics. The awards keep coming in.
Professor Darzi's main clinical and academic interests are in minimal
invasive therapy, including imaging and biological research, together
with investigating methods to measure core competencies of surgery.
He is world famous for the advancement of non invasive surgery and
in the use of allied technologies including surgical robots and image
guided surgery.
Small wonder then that Professor Darzi made rapid progress in his
profession. Not just in medicine but also in his political career.
Left of centre, he has had a long established relationship with Labour.
The Secretary of State for Health elected him to the London
Modernisation Board, now the National Leadership Network, becoming
advisor to the government on modernisation of the NHS and advisor in
surgery to the Department of Health.
His strategy Healthcare for London - A Framework For Action is the
foundation for the future controversial super clinics for primary
care and health promotion.
So there you have it. The day of the GP is gone, just as the day of
the Nightingale ward is gone. Hospitals as we know them are obsolete,
not fit for purpose.
A whole sea change is about to sweep away the mindset of the
established purveyors of health care. Their cages are being rattled
and they don't like it.
The general public should examine what is on offer before they are
swayed by the prophets of doom. The patient has everything to gain
and nothing to lose when one considers the parlous state of the NHS .
The title Health Service is a misnomer anyway. It is in fact a service
for the sick. The healthy are able to take care of themselves.
The new super clinic with modern diagnostic equipment and on the spot
treatments for minor afflictions will ease the burden on casualty
departments and outpatient clinics.
Advances in minimal invasive surgery will be the norm. Infection will
be easier to control.
Recovery time will be shortened. Nurse practitioners will come into
their own at last and remain professional hands-on nurses and not
have to take a managerial job as upgrading. Accountants and clerks
will do what they are trained for, to manage the paperwork.
Medics will be freed to really see and know the human being they
are treating.
The 15 minute audience with a monitor and mouse during office hours
only must end with walk-in superclinics to replace them.
An annual MOT for all to detect disease before it spreads is a
reality. And much much more. Everything that adds to the quality and
quantity of life is possible under Baron Professor Darzi's proposals.
We should welcome it. And not before time.