The House of Lords today rejected both Lord Owen's motion to delay and Baroness Thornton's motion to dismiss. The Health And Social Care Bill thus passed back to the House of Commons from the House of Lords and (after a spot of potential ping-pong tomorrow) will become law.

Andrew Lansley (saviour, liberator) thus has his Bill.

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Today's guest editorial comes from health policy and strategy consultant Joe Farrington-Douglas, former health policy special advisor to shadow health secretary John Healey MP.

On Friday, the Courts dismissed the Government's attempt to keep the NHS reform risk register secret, but the Department of Health has already said it will delay its response until after the Health Bill has been passed by Parliament.

The text of Baroness Williams' Liberal Democrat Spring Conference motion this weekend has been published by Lib Dem councillor Gareth Epps.

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It is late

I am tired, and I have writer's block.

So here are a bunch of links to stuff I wrote about a year ago.

I am not the world's greatest self-publicist or self-praiser, but some of these are not at all bad.

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Dr Sam Everington, famous for the innovative Bromley-By-Bow Health Centre, has written to the PM asking him to withdraw the Health And Social Care Bill on behalf of Tower Hamlets CCG, which Everington leads.

Pulse has obtained a copy of the letter, which can be read here.

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The splendid Politics Home has obtained the text of the letter to Lib Dem peers by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Baroness Williams.

It follows below, with the bullshitometer results in italics.

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The NHS Commissioning Board's director of finance-designate is Paul Baumann, currently director of finance of NHS London.

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Click here for details of 'PM Cameron - Mr Lansley's "as one" or assassin?', the new issue of subscription-based Health Policy Intelligence.

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The DH publishes its capability assessment of the Care Quality Commission and to the considerable surprise of absolutely nobody, Cynthia Bower resigns.

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Click here for details of 'PM Cameron - Mr Lansley's "as one" or assassin?', the new issue of subscription-based Health Policy Intelligence.

The FT's indefatigable data diva Sally Gainsbury and public policy editor Sarah Neville have just dropped a striking story, based on an exclusive interview with FT regulator Monitor's chair and acting CE Dr David Bennett.

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Professor John Ashton is a distinguished public servant and public health doctor. I have met Professor Ashton: he is a good guy.

He has unfortunately recently come on the receiving end of some NHS management 'heavy manners'.

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