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» Monday, May 9, 2011

NHS

Asked if the Government would continue to deliver on the NHS reforms, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the listening exercise would continue.

Asked whether the listening exercise included the Health Secretary, the PMS replied that the Health Secretary was very engaged in the listening exercise.

Asked about a timescale for the exercise, the PMS said that there had been questions over some elements of the legislation and we wanted to pause, listen and reflect on those and give people a good opportunity to make their case for changes in order to put in place improvements.

Put that the exercise was creating uncertainty across the NHS, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister had set out some key principles; we were committed to the NHS being free at the point of delivery, but we all accepted the need for reform. That’s why we had decided to pause, listen and reflect and improve to make that reform as effective as possible. We expected to come back with substantive changes once the listening exercise was completed.

Asked what would happen at the end of the listening exercise, the PMS replied that we were currently going through the listening exercise. We would then reflect on those and then come back with improvements when the listening exercise is complete next month.

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