title: Efficiency in the NHS. The search for a new paradigm.
abstract: Despite achievements of recent years, argues Richard Banyard, there is still scope for enhancing efficiency in the health service, but most measures have implications which need considering before we decide whether on balance they are beneficial. Writing before the publication of the review of the NHS, he raises issues which need to be discussed in the light of the government's proposals.
mesh_terms: D004526:Efficiency; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D010934:Planning Techniques; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*