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Quality of care is ‘not a priority’ in NHS PharmaTimes Quality of care is ‘not a priority’ in NHS. New survey of NHS professionals finds a vast majority do not believe that quality of care in the health service is given enough priority.
Quality of care is priority for all healthcare professionals who have direct contact with patients; anyone who doesn’t should be removed from frontline services in my opinion. However, health service managers may subscribe to Welfare Utilitarianism philosophy which places quantity over quality; a philosophy which must be challenged if (UK) citizens want assurance of quality care when required. See http://www.humanvaluesibhealthcare.com to understand why?
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Nearly half of senior nurses believe leadership in the NHS is poor while most say not enough priority is given to quality of care, according to a new survey.
Nearly a third (31%) said finding cost-savings will be their priority. Maintaining patient safety and quality of services was the top priority for 19%.
Three out of four senior health service staff complain that quality of care is not given sufficient priority in the NHS, according to a survey.