Well maybe not a number but a surgeon according to the Tories.Patients will be allowed to decide which doctor or surgeon treats them in hospital after consulting "performance" tables, under plans to be announced by the shadow Health Secretary.
Every doctor will be assessed on the basis of their performance and their success in treating patients. People will then be able to study the doctors' performance online and select who they would like to treat them, under the Conservative proposals.
Conservative aides warn that patients may have to wait longer to see the country's top-performing doctors but will be able to see less successful medics or surgeons more quickly.
Under the Conservative plans, doctors will also be paid on the basis of how many patients they treat. Therefore, the more successful doctors will also be paid more.
The scheme is likely to prove controversial as it may be difficult to accurately gauge a doctor's "success". Wealthier, better-informed patients may also monopolise the country's top doctors.
The proposals will be outlined today by Andrew Lansley, the Shadow Health Secretary, in a speech which will confirm that the Conservatives will continue to increase NHS spending while other public services face cutbacks.
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