Health secretary Patricia Hewitt rejected the idea that the NHS should be run by an independent board.
Speaking at the London School of Economics, Ms Hewitt said: 'The NHS is four times the size of the Cuban economy and more centralised. That is part of its problem. And the problem can't be solved by proposing that a modern health service be run like a 1960s nationalised industry.'
A major reconfiguration plan for services in north west London has been rebuffed by the centre for the second time.
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A major programme involving land sales and services moving site has come a step closer to completion after the government announced £100m for the projects.
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