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Opinion: NHS reform on right track

By Jon Rogers | Fri 17th December 2010 - 2:55 pm

I am a GP and Executive Member for Care and Health on Bristol City Council. I have been a GP for nearly 30 years, but I took on the Cabinet role on Tuesday 11th May 2010 – the day the astonishing Coalition was formed between Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs in London.

That Coalition has made some bold proposals for our NHS, and for the way that the NHS works with patients, public health, and local authorities. These proposals drew together themes that Liberal Democrats have been campaigning on for many years such as putting patients at the heart of the …

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Posted in Op-eds | Tagged NHS, paul burstow and scrutiny | 51 Comments

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Tim
So glad you are a councillor again. Still miss you here....
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