The new health adviser in the 10 Downing Street policy unit is Paul Bate.

He is not, however, the health academic Professor Paul Bate of UCL Centre for Health Informatics and Multiprofessional Education (CHIME), as we originally published.

He is, rather, the management consultant Paul Bate, formerly of 2020 Delivery.

D'oh to me. Sorry to Paul Bate (Professor), and to the actually appointed Paul Bate.

I went to look at the elegantly-redesigned Dr Foster Intelligence website, and happened across the news that DFI last week parted company with its chief executive Tom Moloney. I missed spotting Dave West's report of this last week in Health Service Journal.

The Opposition Day debate on NHS reorganisation is now online.

And the vote wasn't even close, at 224-305.

Assuming Labour wanted to actually try and win some refusenik Lib Dem MPs' votes for their motion, the repeated sniping tone and content of some backbench interventions towards the party that on Saturday actually changed its policy to oppose much of the Bill was counter-productive.

The latest NHS staff survey is published

Some key facts follow.

Just under two-thirds (64%, 62% in 2009) would be happy with the standard of care provided by their trust, but this figure remains lower for staff working in mental health trusts (58%, compared with 54% in 2009).

Just over half (53%) of staff would recommend their trust as a place to work (down from 55% in 2009) but this is significantly lower in ambulance trusts at 41% (42% in 2009)

Following Prime Ministers' Questions today, PM David Cameron may have a merry (if non-Bullingdon) drinking song in his mind heading into the rest of his day. To paraphrase the old sea shanty, the PM may ask himself, 'What Shall We Do With The Andrew Lansley?'

Yesterday, the Forces Of Keeping Your Head Screwed On prevailed at the BMA, with their votes to avoid outright opposition to the whole Health Bill and swerve a vote of confidence on Mr Lansley. If a thing is worth saying, it is worth saying twice: well done, the BMA.

Sanity prevails. The BMA's Special Representative Meeting votes against opposing the Health And Social Care Bill in its entirety.

Nor did they pass a proposed vote of no confidence in Health Secretary Andrew Lansley.

This is clearly the right move, with the Lib Dem policy spanner in the political works already.

(Here's the text of Hamish Meldrum's speech this morning. Well-delivered and received with a standing ovation, getting the room onto his side. )

Good morning. Welcome to this SRM – your opportunity, together, to help shape the difficult decisions that the BMA needs to make in the face of potentially the biggest reorganisation the NHS in England has faced in its 63 years.

The decisions you make today will have a profound effect on your profession, your patients and the future shape of our NHS.

Today sees the first meeting of the Health Bill committee since the weekend's policy shift from the Lib Dems. And what it will mean for the Bill's chances of a happy and fulfilling life remains in the balance.

The Health Bill committee will be streamed here from 10.30.

It's official-looking: BBC News report the PM's Official Spokesman saying that there will be no "significant changes" to the health policy in the Health And Social Care Bill.

It's also as clear as mud: the PMOS went on to say that the legislation may be amended in Parliament.

Foundation or fudge?
So the question is, which will be uppermost - foundation or fudge?

This changes things. The question is, how much?

The Liberal Democrats have had a lot of criticism since forming the Coalition Government with their only realistic option - the party which won the biggest number of seats. Some of it has been unduly harsh; some wholly merited. That's life in the kitchen of politics.