This is a great idea, so long as the same body has the power to decide how the NHS is structured and managed too, free from central government interference. Accountability seems totally absent anyway, so let them just get on with it.
The Conservative government are deliberately running it into the ground and only true independence in terms of funding and management would be enough to isolate it from further sabotage.
> This is a great idea, so long as the same body has the power to decide how the NHS is structured and managed too, free from central government interference.
That's the idea. Not sure how the the board would be chosen mind, elections along the lines of PFCC? If ministers were involved it would probably devolve into the status-quo.
The Conservative government are deliberately running it into the ground and only true independence in terms of funding and management would be enough to isolate it from further sabotage.