The incompatibility of the NHS and local government

By Martin Reeves | 13 May 2013

East is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet. It is fair to say that we often appear to speak a different language; inhabit different planets and have diverging histories. We continue to have different paymasters and our locus of control and accountability remains vastly different.

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