We need more humanity as well as better evidence

Is it possible to improve health, improve care, and save money? You might consider this an impossible calculus from a baseline of austerity, but that is the challenge set for the NHS’s 44 sustainability and transformation plans. The draft plans are already causing friction at a time when there is enough friction in the system already (doi:10.1136/bmj.i5898).

Take general practice, for example. New models of working promise an end to small practices, more integrated care, and the …