A former NHS chief has told the BBC that controversial proposals for the health service in England are a “mess” and “will set the NHS back”.
Lord Crisp was both NHS chief executive and the permanent secretary at the Department of Health from 2000 to 2006.
Lord Crisp told BBC Radio 4’s The World This Weekend: “I think it’s a mess … I think it’s unnecessary in many ways, and I think it misses the point.”
Labour’s Andy Burnham said the crossbench peer’s words were “pretty devastating for the government”.
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