Unless the NHS faces up to the need to change how it delivers its services, it will descend into a 'vicious spiral' of poorly planned, reactive responses resulting in unsustainable demand, according to three organisations which have joined forces to call for a better approach to NHS service change.
The three organisations together represent royal medical colleges, patient groups and NHS organisations. It is the first time bodies representing all three major parts of the health service - patients, clinicians and its senior leaders - have come together to examine the need for changing how services are organised and how best to do so.
