The BMJ’s Commission on the Future of the NHS

The UK’s new king has something of a reputation in health. His medical pronouncements have often been met with bemusement, even outrage (doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7457.118 doi:10.1136/bmj.o310).12 Among edicts from high office, the king’s ramblings on health rank several degrees in credibility below an epistle from the Archbishop of Canterbury. Since King Charles has argued that he has been misunderstood, he now has an opportunity to restore his reputation (doi:10.1258/jrsm.2012.12k095).3It doesn’t take much regal perception to understand that most professionals and the public doubt the sincerity of his majesty’s government towards the NHS. What may therefore be required is a royal commission, by definition independent of government, to examine the future of the NHS. It’s an opportunity that King Charles should seize, but in the expectation that he may not The BMJ is taking on the task.The nation’s love for the NHS may be romanticised and irrational, as any true love tends to…
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