Author Archives: Jon Rogers

Opinion: NHS reform on right track

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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  • Matt (Bristol)
    Oops, Richard Cripps not Roger Billins....
  • Matt (Bristol)
    Oh, and Roger Billins, I no longer see the party as a party of consensus, certainly not democratically derived negotiated consensus. Maybe the party of a consen...
  • Matt (Bristol)
    I don't think the Lib Dem problem is a lack of zippy slogans. I think, if anything, its a prioritisation of zippy slogans. Neither Badenoch or Burnham seem to h...
  • Graham Jeffs
    The point made by Roger Billins is extremely worrying. I, too, am part of this brigade. The reality is that the party leaders don't seem to have any concern ...
  • Big Tall Tim
    Mick Taylor has it spot on....