NHS Reforms

Fraser Nelson has written an interesting article in today's Telegraph about the 'paused' reforms. If what he says is correct Lansley has obscured the sensible changes he wishes to make by blowing his own trumpet and introducing a monster bill that like all modern bills is incomprehensible in parts. (Why are bills so badly written today? Look at the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 as an example of a piece of legislation that is clear and easy to read and compare it to any modern day Act of Parliament and you will see immediately what I mean. But I digress.) Nelson stating that Lansley has been 'bigging himself up' may just be a reflection of No 10 spin but I seem to recall that Lansley pushed himself forward as a replacement for Hague when we were told that the latter had lost his mojo and was otherwise unjustly under attack. In my book the NHS needs to be disbanded and replaced by a system whereby the patient chooses his doctors and pays for all his medical treatment with vouchers issued for this purpose by the government. I know this is not going to happen but it does not mean that the NHS does not need reform. I just hope that the 'paused' reforms do go ahead as something needs to be done to bring the NHS under control and Lansley's proposals are probably those that realistically have the best chance of success in so doing.