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Paul Hodgkin

Independent View: Health Bill doesn’t have to be a poisoned chalice, just put patients first

By Paul Hodgkin | Wed 9th March 2011 - 2:45 pm

For all the face time that health secretary Andrew Lansley gets, Lib Dems can’t forget that come election time, they’ll be judged by the success or failure of the NHS reform package too.

This isn’t a reality that many members of the party are warming to. After almost a year of being cast by both the public and media in the role of scapegoat or political cover for their coalition partners, nobody can blame them for being wary.

But the Health and Social Care Bill doesn’t have to be a poisoned chalice. The Lib Dems have succeeded in securing compromises in other …

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