The number of things that Secretary Of State For The Time Being Andrew Lansley and I have in common is growing: we have both now done The Guardian's NHS Reform LiveBlog.

Though in fairness, he got asked a lot more questions than I did.

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A polar bear walks into a bar and starts writing Coalition Government health policy.

The barman says, "why the big pause?"

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When a Prime Minister is willing to outline their political philosophy, it is behovely for people who are interested in politics to listen, even if it mean wading through the fourth relaunch of The Big Society.

You can access the unabridged text here, but I'm pulling out key and health-relevant sections below. First, a few observations.

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This guest editorial from Dr Steve Kell GP, and Chair, Bassetlaw Commissioning Organisation, looks at the leadership role for clinicians, and how to develop it, individually and organisationally.

In my previous article, I discussed the importance the importance of building the right team for a GP Consortium, of having ‘the right people on the bus’ and people in the ‘right seats’.

Good morning. The Financial Times's George Parker and Nick Timmins report that government lawyers have been asked to consider whether the amendments to the Health And Social Care Bill currently under negotiation are so substantial that the Bill must repeat the committee stage scrutiny.

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Shadow health secretary John Healey has given a substantial policy interview to Andrew Sparrow of The Guardian.

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So. Who's winning the media war of winning the reform of the NHS reforms today?

Today, the Lib Dems are using The Independent to show that they are pushing on a range of fronts.

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UnitedHealth global health president Simon Stevens (who spoke yesterday at an excellent event held by the think-tank Reform) has previously joked that the tense Blair-Brown axis of New Labour was in its own way a ‘coalition government’.

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Health Secretary Andrew Lansley - speech to King’s Fund Leadership Conference, Wednesday 18 May 2011

Integration and Leadership

As the Prime Minister set out so clearly this week, the NHS faces some significant long-term challenges. An ageing and increasing population, increasing burden of chronic disease, rising costs of drugs and treatments, and growing, almost insatiable public expectations.