In a recent interview, Nick Clegg has said, “The listening exercise over NHS reforms is not a gimmick and the Government will make significant changes to legislation.”
The statement issued by Nick Clegg came when he was talking to patients about their concerns over reforms to the NHS, which has stirred a lot of opposition from both the public and those within the profession.
Under the proposed reform, GPs will be put in charge of commissioning services and the architect of the shake-up Health Secretary Andrew Lansley will meet with potential GP consortia while the NHS reform bill is on hold.
The events are the first in a series of forums set up after the Government decided to put the reform on hold amid fierce criticism.
Furthermore, the Government is coming under fire with accusations of MPs having “no control” over many of the costs of the reforms.
In a recent report by the Public Accounts Committee warned, “that pushing through the charges while seeking £20 billion in efficiency savings could put patient care at risk.”
The latest round of concerns were raised in a report into the controversial changes that are threatening to drive a wedge between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.
Already, Norman Lamb, one of Nick Clegg’s closest advisors has hinted that he could resign unless the pace of the changes and implementation of the reforms is slowed down.
Speaking at the forum held at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London, Mr Clegg admitted, “The coalition had not successfully won the argument.”
“We haven’t yet persuaded enough people in the NHS and elsewhere that we’re trying to do is good for the NHS. We’ve taken this unusual step to do precisely that. To stop, and to listen, and to learn.”
“Let me stress this, this is not a gimmick, it’s not a PR exercise. We will make changes, we’ll make significant and substantive changes to the legislation which at the moment is – if you like – it’s suspended in the House of Commons in order to make sure that those who perhaps develop some very serious and legitimate doubts about some of the details of the plans feel that it’s now on the right track again and then we can move forward together.”
Although the NHS reform bill is hold at the moment as the Government consults further with clinicians, and other concerned groups, the Government is still far from convincing those within the profession and the general public that reforms to the NHS will improve patient care, give greater choice and be more financially efficient, allowing more money to be ploughed back into the NHS.
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