“The strange picture being painted for us is one of the biggest bureacratic machines in Whitehall being taken by surprise by its own success in making efficiency savings, and choosing to hand the extra cash back to the Treasury.”
Gary Gibbon
Gary Gibbon’s verdict on the NHS “listening exercise”: you come away with the impression that this body has concluded that there were presentational problems in the NHS reforms more than substantive ones.
Gary Gibbon
David Cameron’s NHS speech was about selling the overall idea of NHS reform and convincing people he’s not introducing a rampant unrestrained market, blogs Gary Gibbon.
Gary Gibbon
Gary Gibbon looks at what might change in the Health Bill as a result of the political ructions.
When the government announced their “pause for reflection” on reorganising the NHS it seemed pretty obvious they were not intending to fundamentally change the plan. If the idea was to take the sting out of the story it may end up doing the opposite.
Gary Gibbon
Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs that he cannot remember a time when the Government last launched a consultation during a Bill’s progress through Parliament. It’s not a good sign for the NHS reforms, he says.