STF NA MÍDIA

John Pugh MP, a Lib Dem
rebel, was scathing about the
bill. "This is a huge strategic
mistake for the government
not just for the Lib Dems but
also for the Tories as well.
There are two principal reasons
for that. First – the scale
of reorganisation at times of
severe constraint. Second –
the risks of reorganisation,
some of which were bequeathed
to us by the previous
Labour government.
"The situation is similar to
that sickening feeling you
sometimes have on the motorway
when you realise you
have taken the wrong turning
and you realise it will take
some time before you get on
the right track again. Governments,
time after time
regarding the NHS, behave
like insane gardeners who
keep pulling up the plants
every time, putting them in
different positions after that
and wondering why they don
t flourish. We have repeated
the mistake that previous
governments have made and
not built on what was good
about the past."
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