An innovation or a waste of money?

Civitas, 9 November 2010

This makes me laugh… a foundation trust that is prepared to think outside the box.  An innovation: putting cancer patients up in hotels, rather than in hospitals: saving some £200 a night, dramatically improving patient experience, no doubt reducing the chance of catching some nasty infection and, from reports of consultants there (to me, admittedly) significantly shifting power from doctor to patient… and get slammed by the TPA for wasting taxpayers money.  Hmmmm… maybe a better price for the hotel bed could be negotiated (though it includes fast emergency links to the hospital etc.) but, come on, I know what I’d want as a patient and it’s not the hospital.