Primary Care Trusts give GPs an opportunity to take more control of how care is delivered. We need to grasp that nettle. In exchange doctors need two things.
Firstly, a reduction in the number of centrally imposed directives.
Secondly, a mature debate with politicians and the public about what the NHS should and should not be expected to provide.
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