NHS reorganisations: who's kicking whom, who's protesting?: Will and power

EDITOR-Godlee laments the demise of medical professionalism in the NHS and quotes Greener, who wonders whether doctors have lost the will or power to stop believe to be vandalism. 1 2 They have certainly lost the power and with it, of course, the will, because politicians have long believed, as accountable guardians of public finance, that they have a duty to cull the influence of the medical profession on healthcare provision.