Lansley: Concerns on NHS reforms are ‘genuine’

Health secretary Andrew Lansley addressed MPs in the House of Commons yesterday to announce his NHS reforms would be put on hold:
“We recognise that the speed of progress has brought with it some substantive concerns, expressed in various quarters. Some of those concerns are misplaced or based on misrepresentations, but we recognise that some of them are genuine.
“We want to continue to listen to, engage with and learn from experts, patients and front-line staff within the NHS and beyond and to respond accordingly.
“I can therefore tell the House that we propose to take the opportunity of a natural break in the passage of the bill to pause, listen and engage with all those who want the NHS to succeed, and subsequently to bring forward amendments to improve the plans further in the normal way.”