Background and resources on Lord Darzi's NHS Next Stage Review
This page gives some background to Ara Darzi's review of the NHS, and provides links to a comprehensive list of resources offering more in-depth information on the review.
About Lord Darzi
In June 2007, Professor Ara Darzi was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Department of Health. Lord Darzi is a leading surgeon in the field of minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery and has committed to continue his role as consultant at St Mary’s Hospital and the Royal Marsden NHS trust for one day a week during his time in office.Lord Darzi had already been tasked with evaluating health services in London in December 2006. His final report, A Framework for Action, published in July 2007, detailed how he believed London's health care needed to change over the next ten years.
Among its recommendations were that complex and specialist care be carried out in fewer hospitals and that GP practices could merge into larger 'polyclinics' that would serve a wider area and provide some outpatient services, including minor surgery, in addition to GP services.
Resources
These resources were collated by the King's Fund Information & Library Service in October 2007. If you would like information on any new resources in this area, please contact the ILS.
King's Fund
- King's Fund comments on the Department of Health's Our NHS, Our Future (press release)
- Our Future Health Secured? A review of NHS funding and performance
- King’s Fund statement on Professor Sir Ara Darzi’s report on the future of London’s NHS (press release)
Our NHS, Our Future
Department of Health
- Shaping health care for the next decade (press release)
- Our health, our care, our say: a new direction for community services
Hansard
- NHS Next Stage Review (statement from Alan Johnson MP, followed by House of Commons debate)
Healthcare for London
- Healthcare for London: a framework for action
- A framework for action: technical paper
- London residents' attitudes to local health services and patient choice: research study conducted for NHS London
Health Service Management Centre, University of Birmingham
10 Downing Street
National Library for Health
- Reconfiguring primary care: polyclinics
- Community hospitals (local hospitals)
- Reconfiguring hospital services
These resources have been compiled by our Information & Library service. If you have any futher queries regarding these or other resources, please contact a member of the ILS team.