Mike Farrar: Ambitions of the Health and Social Care Act

In this video, Mike Farrar CBE, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation talks to Nuffield Trust Senior Fellow in Health Policy Ruth Thorlby about what he believes are the key ambitions for the Government in the Health and Social Care Act. He outlines the biggest challenges facing clinical commissioning groups and providers of care, comparing the restructure to recent health reforms in the US.

Mike Farrar contributed to The Commonwealth Fund and Nuffield Trust 13th international meeting on the quality of health care in July 2012.