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03/02/2012
Royal College Of GPs Urge Scrapping Of Bill
The Royal College of GPs has joined the chorus of health professionals calling for the Government's controversial health bill to be scrapped.
The college, which represents 34,000 GPs in England, said the overhaul had to be stopped because it threatened to cause "irreparable damage" to care.
Last week, the royal colleges of nursing and midwives openly opposed the health and social care bill, calling for it to be scrapped.
Meanwhile, Labour again called on the Government to drop the bill on Tuesday, saying that scrapping the proposal could save £1 billion.
The Labour call comes as the editors of three health publications - the Health Service Journal, British Medical Journal and the Nursing Times - issued a critique of the Government's handling of its proposed NHS reorganisation.
Labour said that health policy expert Professor Kieran Walshe had revealed how dropping the Health and Social Care Bill would end uncertainty in the NHS, save over £1 billion and allow the health service to focus on meeting the financial challenge.
Andy Burnham MP, Labour's Shadow Health Secretary, said: "The chorus of protest against David Cameron and Andrew Lansley's ill-conceived plans for the NHS grows louder by the day, uniting voices across the health world.
"This is a powerful and scathing critique of the Government's handling of its NHS re-organisation from three of the most respected voices in healthcare. For our part, we hear what is being said about building political consensus. That's why we repeat our offer today to work with the Government on introducing GP-led commissioning on condition that it drops this unnecessary Bill."
(DW/GK)
The college, which represents 34,000 GPs in England, said the overhaul had to be stopped because it threatened to cause "irreparable damage" to care.
Last week, the royal colleges of nursing and midwives openly opposed the health and social care bill, calling for it to be scrapped.
Meanwhile, Labour again called on the Government to drop the bill on Tuesday, saying that scrapping the proposal could save £1 billion.
The Labour call comes as the editors of three health publications - the Health Service Journal, British Medical Journal and the Nursing Times - issued a critique of the Government's handling of its proposed NHS reorganisation.
Labour said that health policy expert Professor Kieran Walshe had revealed how dropping the Health and Social Care Bill would end uncertainty in the NHS, save over £1 billion and allow the health service to focus on meeting the financial challenge.
Andy Burnham MP, Labour's Shadow Health Secretary, said: "The chorus of protest against David Cameron and Andrew Lansley's ill-conceived plans for the NHS grows louder by the day, uniting voices across the health world.
"This is a powerful and scathing critique of the Government's handling of its NHS re-organisation from three of the most respected voices in healthcare. For our part, we hear what is being said about building political consensus. That's why we repeat our offer today to work with the Government on introducing GP-led commissioning on condition that it drops this unnecessary Bill."
(DW/GK)
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