Defibrillators and PbR (Payment by Results) - "measures of UK healthcare strategy success"
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Having installed 681 defibrillators in railways and airports, which have been used to save some 70 lives, is a "small but significant example" of the UK's ongoing strategic shift in healthcare delivery. So said Patricia Hewitt, secretary of state for health, in a comment piece published in today's The Independent newspaper.