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People will take Cameron's pronouncements on the NHS with a pinch of salt - Burnham
6 January 2012
Andy Burnham MP, Labour's Shadow Health Secretary, said in response to David Cameron's announcement on hospital care:
"People have learnt from bitter experience to take David Cameron's pronouncements on the NHS with more than a pinch of salt.
"This is the man who promised no top-down re-organisation of the NHS but then brought forward the biggest in its history. This is the man who is wasting £3.45bn on back-office restructuring whilst axeing 48,000 nursing posts.
"If David Cameron really wants to help nurses focus on patient care, he should listen to what they are saying and drop his unnecessary Health Bill. His reckless decision to re-organise the NHS at this time of financial challenge not only proves he is out of touch but also threatens to throw the entire system into chaos."
