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Easier said than done. As the many flaws of the current system are clearly visible now after many years of working brilliantly, many more problems would crop up with what has been suggested. With social care and health systems merging, questions can arise about responsibility and accoutability and can bring about even more power struggles between clinicians and others. It appears that to find a balance between clinicians and non clinical managers is going to pose more problems and drain resources, especially time and finances of course. This could pave the way to the creation of more managers. I hope enough research is conducted prior to implementation of such a proposal.
Re: Labour proposes scheme to merge health and social care
Easier said than done. As the many flaws of the current system are clearly visible now after many years of working brilliantly, many more problems would crop up with what has been suggested. With social care and health systems merging, questions can arise about responsibility and accoutability and can bring about even more power struggles between clinicians and others. It appears that to find a balance between clinicians and non clinical managers is going to pose more problems and drain resources, especially time and finances of course. This could pave the way to the creation of more managers. I hope enough research is conducted prior to implementation of such a proposal.
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