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DN. Good riddance. A clear failure to influence ministers, so the first days of the new administration tie us to as much incoherence as the last. Mass exodus of senior talent, American Hmos waiting in the wings to replace them at a hugely inflated cost. Community services a total mess with assets in one direction, staff in another to consolidate the excess power of complacent monopoly acutes, and unrestricted private sector entry but no defined services or pricing.
Lansley and DN have dismantled the existing system before there is anything to replace it at a time when the NHS energies should be focussed on delivering the greatest change in service patterns and efficiency in history. A decent CEO could have prevented all this. Well done you two, a decade of improvements undone, and a dangerous vacuum in power all at once.