title: On national and local tensions.
authors.affiliation: Birmingham East and North PCT.
authors.forename: Sophia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Christie
mesh_terms: D006292:Health Priorities; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D008017:Life Expectancy; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology