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• A flawed Bill with a hidden purpose [Pollock A et al; letter to The Lancet Feb 15]

• The health and social care bill: here is a way out of this mess [Williams Guardian Feb 13]

Still Fatally Flawed - the Proposed NHS for England [David Owen ABetterNHS Feb 07]

January

• Organograms show NHS becoming even more complex [FT Aug 04 '11]

• NHS reforms criticised by leading healthcare publications: British Medical Journal, Health Service Journal and Nursing Times condemn shakeup as a 'damaging … unholy mess' [Guardian Jan 31]

Lansley's experiment with the NHS must never be repeated [British Medical Journal, Health Service Journal and Nursing Times Jan 31]

Health and Social Care Bill - the Royal College of Radiologists' position [Jan 27]

• How the Health and Social Care Bill 2011 would end entitlement to comprehensive health care in England [Allyson M Pollock et al. The Lancet Jan 24]

The duty of the Secretary of State for Health has not been restored [Abetternhs Jan 27]

• Health reform in new crisis as MPs savage Andrew Lansley's plans [Observer Jan 22]

• FAQ on the Health & Social Care Bill [AbetterNHS Jan 10]

Unanswered questions about the Health Bill [AbetterNHS Jan 08]

3 things you can do to stop the Health Bill [AbetterNHS Dec 04]

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2011 - December

• At last the British Medical Association fights the government's destruction of the NHS [Jacky Davis, OpenDemocracy Dec 01]

House of Lords Briefing paper 4 by Allyson Pollock [Nov 06]

October

Third House of Lords Briefing by Allyson Pollock [Abetternhs's blog Oct 30]

• The Health and Social Care Bill 2011 [King's Fund Briefings]

House of Lords briefing on the Health and Social Care Bill 2011 by Allyson Pollock et al [Abetternhs's blog Oct 22]

Second House of Lords Briefing by Allyson Pollock [Abetternhs's blog Oct 24]

September

Will NHS chaos be an election issue for Cameron? [PoliticalBetting.com Sep 08]

• Lib Dem NHS Activists Heartened By Extent Of Health Rebellion [Social Liberal Forum Sept 08]

• Health professionals deny Cameron's claim they back NHS shakeup [Guardian Sept 7]

• Andrew Lansley (Secretary of State, Health) Sep 07]: 'I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time . . '

• Opinion: Seize the opportunities in the NHS reforms [Lib Dem Voice Tom Smith Sep 07]

Williams: Why the flawed NHS bill threatens the very future of the NHS [Observer Sep 04]

• Last chance to stop the NHS bill [Wendy Savage, Guardian Letters, Sep 02]

Health and Social Care Bill: Report stage & third reading 6th & 7th September 2011

July

Keep our NHS Public [Campaign group]

• Paul Burstow MP writes: Keeping competition in its box [Lib Dem Voice Jul 12]

June

• Liberal Democrats say in leaked email: keep challenging 'bad' NHS plans [Guardian NewsBlog Jun 24]

• Saving the NHS: the fight goes on [Wendy Savage, OurKingdom Jun 17]

NHS Future Forum recommendations to Government [Jun 13]

• NHS Reforms: David Cameron unveils key changes: [Guardian Jun 07]

• Lansley to accept 'significant changes' to NHS reforms [Guardian Jun 02]

• Health Bill: Where's the strategic argument? [Paul Mason, Newsnight, Jun 02]

May

• Why Cameron is giving Clegg the high ground on the NHS [Matthew d'Ancona May 28]

• Consensus lacking on future of NHS [Nicholas Timmins FT May 25 regn. reqd.]

• How Lansley got into his messy revolution [Nicholas Timmins, FT April 15]

• A much maligned reform of hospitals is working [Julian Le Grand, FT May 25]

• Nick Clegg is taking a scalpel to Andrew Lansley's reforms [Denis Campbell, Guardian, May 26]

• NHS reforms will be altered significantly and in a Lib Dem direction - Paul Burstow [Mark Pack Lib Dem Voice May 22]

• THE Plot Against the NHS by Colin Leys and Stewart Player - Richard Horton, Guardian May 21

• NHS shakeup: From malignant to muddled [Guardian editorial May 23]

How does the Coalition square its NHS circle? [Political Betting May 21]

• Andrew Lansley makes U-turn on cancer networks [Guardian May 20]:

• The NHS Bill: take action on an unprecedented pause [Our Kingdom, Wendy Savage, May 19]

• Coalition's divisions over future of NHS deepen into open warfare [Patrick Wintour, Guardian, May19]

• Williams: The line the Lib Dems won't cross on the NHS [Guardian May 15]

• Pugh on the Health & Social Care Bill [May 10]

• George on the Health & Social Care Bill [May 10]

April

The Plot against the NHS [BetterNHS Apr 20]

• Clegg on NHS reforms: concessions or spin? [Gary Gibbon Apr 11]

• Grassroots pressure stepped up over NHS plans [Mark Pack Lib Dem Voice Apr 05]

• Andrew Lansley's statement to the House of Commons, Apr 04:

The NHS needs reform, not amendments [BetterNHS Blog Apr 03]

• Online petition by Shirley Williams et al.

Summary of essential amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill required to implement the Liberal Democrat Conference Motion

• David Owen: Our NHS is heading for a train crash [The Independent on Sunday Apr 03]

March

Burstow on the NHS Bill

George on the NHS Bill

Pugh on the NHS Bill

Paul Burstow writes: Labour shouldn't play party politics with the NHS

Burstow on the NHS Bill

Williams: Why I can't support the coalition plan for the NHS

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2010 - November

Burstow on NHS Reorganisation

Jul 2010

Burstow: We can democratise the health service

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