Reforms are “codswallop” former Unison rep tells Lansley
Released 21/02/2012
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley was met by shouts of protest as he entered a special summit at Downing Street yesterday
Andrew Lansley was accosted by former Unison rep June Hautot on his way out of an NHS meeting at Downing Street yesterday
On his way into the meeting to discuss the Health Bill, Andrew Lansley was accosted by June Hautot, a former Unison rep, who told him: “I've had enough of you and Cameron. Are you going to go home?”
When Lansley said he wanted to get through to the meeting Hautot responded: “I'm not getting out of the way.”
When he told her that the NHS would not be privatised she told him that he was talking “codswallop” and warned, “don’t you lie to me!”
Labour party leader Ed Miliband has accused Cameron of having a “bunker mentality” by only inviting those in support of the reforms to the meeting. He said: "It's not too late to start listening to the doctors, the nurses and the midwives. It's not too late to listen to patients."
The Prime Minister organised the meeting which took place yesterday afternoon at Downing Street, to discuss the NHS reforms.
The BMA and the Royal College of General Practitioners were not called to the summit despite the fact that GPs will play a pivotal role in the future landscape of the NHS, with the introduction of clinically led commissioning.
David Cameron has been accused of trying to avoid criticism by not inviting organisations who are openly opposed to the Health Bill.
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