A disappointing Opposition Day Motion NHS debate, despite a few good contributions.

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It has been quite a weekend, with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg making bullish noises on the BBC Andrew Marr Show, including stating that "no bill is better than a bad Bill ... getting these changes right is now my Number One priority".

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In response to requests from various readers, here is the link to our previous piece on Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's five red lines on NHS reform.

Its text is copied below.

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Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Number 10 has briefed Telegraph political editor Andrew Porter that PM David Cameron's health advisor Sean Worth is to be sent to the DH to 'sell the reforms'.

Because the problem with these reforms is the communication.

Stunning bit of analysis, that.

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The signs so far from the local election results are that in England, the Lib Dems have taken a not-unexpected beating; Labour have some gains; and the Conservatives have held up better (if not much better) than expected.

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The 'will he, won't he and how imminently?' debate on PM David Cameron's oncoming sacking of Secretary Of State For The Time Being Andrew Lansley took another iteration in today's Guardian, courtesy of BMA chair of council Dr Hamish Meldrum's appearance on yesterday's Guardian NHS reform liveblog.

Andrew Lansley and I have something in common: we must both enjoy living dangerously.

A very interesting piece in Health Service Journal offers the thoughts of Stephen Dorrell, Alan Milburn, David Kerr and Bill Moyes on The Secretary Of State For The Time Being's own Year of Living Dangerously.

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There was great interest in the Future Forum's 119 listening events yesterday. Various Twitter health policy people started to ask questions.

As did a good friend, who was genuinely hoping to engage with the events in good faith. She and colleagues sought to get a list of the events.

And were surprised by the degree of difficulty this involved.

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I'm not sure whether Health Policy Insight was the first to predict that Secretary Of State For The Time Being Andrew Lansley would lose his Cabinet berth over the wretched mishandling of the politics, policy and presentation of the current efforts at NHS reform.

I think that we were first. I am sure that we have said it more consistently and more emphatically than anyone else.