The government's contentious NHS reforms have commenced their second reading in the House of Lords among fresh controversy, including a renewed attack on the Prime Minister.
A group of public health professionals who wrote an open letter to the Lords castigating the plans has rebutted Prime Minister David Cameron's claims that they actually support the reforms, while evidence has emerged that greater competition may not benefit the NHS. In response to the PM's statement, the 400 signatories of the letter have hit back claiming the letter was not politically motivated and they are not alone in having concerns. Writing in the British Medical Journal, they say there was no qualified support for the Health and Social Care Bill and that many problems with it r...
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