Govt has "listened" and "learned" as significant changes to NHS Bill made

As recommended by the NHS Future Forum, the Bill will now see less focus on promoting private sector involvement and stronger safeguards against a market free-for-all. The amendments came after the results of the two month listening exercise were published yesterday which included suggestions that all NHS service providers should be open to public scrutiny and fund education and training for staff. Some of the main changes adopted include: legal responsibility of the health secretary for the NHS to be reinstated; relaxation of the 2013 deadline for new GP commissioning arrangem...