UK missing a trick by making sharps legislation low priority
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
In theory, opportunities to make healthcare savings should be seized with both hands. Under the eight-month old UK coalition government, the NHS last month retained the £20bn (in 2011-14) savings drive made under the previous Labour administration. The “Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2011/12”, published on 15 December, put an emphasis on keeping open all avenues for implementing “smart” cost savings measures.