By NHS Confederation (January 2013)
The NHS Confederation has for many years emphasised the need to tackle the bureaucratic burden in the NHS. But our members are still often asked for unnecessary information, to give the same information multiple times, or to gather data in poorly designed and cumbersome formats.This paper assesses progress since our 2009 report, sets out where the risks of new burdens may lie, identifies what should be done now and suggests issues for discussion.