Comments on: Spot the difference: when is an outcome not a target? http://northerndoctor.com/2008/08/19/spot-the-difference-when-is-an-outcome-not-a-target/ "Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition" Adam Smith. A blog from a British doctor. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:24:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Anonymous http://northerndoctor.com/2008/08/19/spot-the-difference-when-is-an-outcome-not-a-target/#comment-228 Anonymous Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:31:00 +0000 http://northerndoctor.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/spot-the-difference-when-is-an-outcome-not-a-target/#comment-228 Am I the only one who's thinking:<br/>"Hmmm - a Dr. could keep his/her PROMs good and high by being popular - like Shipman - and by killing off the hard to treat patients before they filled in their PROM forms."<br/><br/>So the Conservatives ARE doing something about the collapsing welfare state ... they're incentivising the NHS to kill off the crumblies. Let us all applaud this Brave New World.<br/><br/> H Am I the only one who’s thinking:
“Hmmm – a Dr. could keep his/her PROMs good and high by being popular – like Shipman – and by killing off the hard to treat patients before they filled in their PROM forms.”

So the Conservatives ARE doing something about the collapsing welfare state … they’re incentivising the NHS to kill off the crumblies. Let us all applaud this Brave New World.

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