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NHS: What’s Andrew Lansley trying to hide?
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by liamssoft | November 14, 2011 at 02:10 am
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For a year health minister Andrew Lansley has been refusing to publish a civil service report on the risks he’s taking with the NHS. He could still keep it hidden for another month – until after more key votes have taken place in the House of Lords.
We can’t wait, if the report on risks to the NHS is released immediately, it could persuade key members of the House of Lords to stand up to the government. Let’s raise an uproar in Parliament and force Lansley’s hand. Can you take two minutes now to email your MP?
https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/nhs-secret-report
Pressure from MPs could force Lansley to publish this report. If enough of us contact them now, we can get it out in the open before it's too late. MPs won't want to find themselves back under fire because of Lansley's cover-up. So let's all email our MPs now and tell them they have to force Lansley to publish his secret NHS risks report.
The Information Commissioner's ruling lists Andrew Lansley's arguments for why he wants this report kept secret. Lansley argued that releasing the report "would have jeopardised the success of the policy"! [3] He's kept us, MPs, and members of the Lords in the dark deliberately because he's worried that making these risks public could derail his plans.
Please take two minutes to ask your MP to demand the NHS risks report is made public immediately:
https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/nhs-secret-report
The NHS belongs to all of us. We all pay for it, and we all rely on it to care for us and our loved ones. We don't want it put at risk - that's exactly why we've been campaigning together all these months. We have a right to see what this report says.
Let's work together to get our MPs to force Lansley to publish the secret NHS risk report:
PS: The Evening Standard reports that the "Department of Health twice breached the freedom of information law" to keep this report secret. Why is Lansley going to such lengths to keep it secret from us? Email your MP and demand it's published immediately:
https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/nhs-secret-report
NOTES
[1] http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/politics/article-24008861-lansley-ordered-to-reveal-secret-health-report.do
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/nov/11/lansley-reveal-nhs-risk?cat=politics&type=article
[2] The Information Commissioner has ordered Lansley to release the report within 35 calendar days. But Lansley could even appeal to drag things out even longer.
[3] You can read the full Information Commissioner judgement here: http://t.co/h3mfnl0N
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at 08:32 on November 24th, 2011
Sadly this article is hardly news. Big problem for the English people is that those introducing the NHS cuts/reform/privatisation are not concerned about the health outcomes for our nation nor about the risks involved in their programme for the users. Their agenda is money, selling off those bits that are capable of generating a profit for their friends, donors, whatever you want to call them in the private healthcare industry. It is a disgrace of course, a deeply unpopular disgrace but they don't care just as long as the money flows into their pockets, the rest is just collateral damage.