Smith Julie
Br J Nurs. 2011;20(16):963. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2011.20.16.963.
The NHS Future Forum has been asked by the Government to continue what it refers to as 'conversations' with patients, service users and professionals (Department of Health (DH), 2011a). The key focus points of the forum are information, education and training, integrated care and public health. The forum was first put into action following the publication of Modernising the NHS: The Health and Social Care Bill 2011 (DH, 2011b), which met with opposition from many who felt that encouraging competition within the NHS was a bad idea and put the NHS at risk of privatization. Andrew Lansley, Secretary of State for Health, launched a 'listening exercise' as a response to this widespread criticism. However, this too has been criticized after a confidential memo came to light suggesting that there was actually little room for manoeuvre in terms of changes to the Bill (Bosely et al, 2011).
政府要求国民医疗服务体系未来论坛继续与患者、服务使用者及专业人士开展其所谓的“对话”（卫生部，2011a）。该论坛的关键重点在于信息、教育与培训、综合医疗服务及公共卫生。该论坛在《国民医疗服务体系现代化：2011年健康与社会照护法案》（卫生部，2011b）发布后首次付诸行动，该法案遭到众多人的反对，他们认为在国民医疗服务体系内鼓励竞争是个糟糕的主意，会让国民医疗服务体系面临私有化风险。卫生大臣安德鲁·兰斯利发起了一项“倾听行动”以回应这种广泛的批评。然而，在一份机密备忘录曝光后，这一行动也受到了批评，该备忘录显示在法案修改方面实际上几乎没有回旋余地（博斯利等人，2011）。
