If QIPP is only about cost cuts we will have missed the point

摘要

QIPP has to be seen as a whole piece of work, not just a mechanism for cutting costs. This was the opinion given by Chris Green, director of pharmacy at Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, at the United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association's autumn symposium held in Leicestershire (18-21 November 2011). "If we focus on cost cutting," Dr Green said in a plenary session, "we will only deliver about 40% of [the savings] needed."