Baroness Young: Health/Social Care Reform in a Cold Climate (video)
Watch our second Hot Talks on Health featuring the first Chair of the UK’s Care Quality Commission (2008-2010), the Rt. Hon. Baroness of Old Scone Barbara Young. Addressing a packed house, Baroness Young outlined the political and financial climate surrounding proposals for seismic health and social care reforms in her country. Running through the key elements of the reforms and their impact on quality and integration, she queried whether the scale and pace of the proposed reforms can be realized without a major cultural shift.
1. Radical “austerity” context, key elements of proposed reforms (13:19 min)
2. The “”Big Society”" shift, reaction to pace/scope of reforms (11:59 min)
3. Flip side of reforms: new opportunities for quality, integration (8:07 min)
4. Possible future impacts of reforms,: the good, bad and ugly (3:47 min)
5. Q&A with Baroness Young (14:48 min)
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