Monitoring Of Care Provided Under The New Patient Choice Scheme In England Is Poorly Structured And Variable

... The monitoring of care provided under the new patient choice scheme in England is poorly structured and variable, warn two ophthalmologists in this week''s BMJ. They believe that robust monitoring of standards is urgently needed so that patients can make a truly informed choice. Under the new patient choice scheme, all primary care trusts in England were obliged from January 2005 to offer patients a choice of providers for cataract surgery including NHS trusts, diagnostic and treatment centres, and independent sector providers from the UK and overseas... click link for more info. ...