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" The provision of healthcare in England needs improved guidance from the government over the direction it is heading with regards to NHS and private medical centres, a leading health thinktank has said.  The King&amp;#039;s Fund report has urged the government to decentralise control but give its support to a health care market with several providers while at the same time enhancing the infrastructure.  Greg Parston, the working group chairman, said: &amp;quot;With the greater clarity of direction, the improvements to central structure and regulation, the strengthening of commissioning and the better infrastructure that this report recommends, it will be possible to create a future in which the health care market produces a service that is more innovative and responsive to patients&amp;#039; needs and wishes while also operating more efficiently and delivering better value for money.&amp;quot;  Although the NHS exists alongside private and voluntary treatments, the King&amp;#039;s Fund claimed that competition between these sectors has been artificially defined by the government.  By steering health provision to becoming a &amp;quot;supplier&amp;quot; market, improvements in supply can be made, the report proposes.  However, the thinktank believes that this can only be achieved if current practices have a clear goal in sight.  Only through a direction towards a properly working health provision system of NHS and private practices, can weaknesses that threaten patient care be avoided and better patient choice exist, added Mr Parston. \u00A9 Adfero Ltd "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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