David Cameron speech on NHS reforms

David Cameron speech on NHS reforms; Cameron speech SOT - We recognise that many people have had concerns about what we were doing / That's why for the past two months, Andrew Lansley, Nick Clegg and I have been taking time to pause, listen, reflect on and improve our plans for NHS modernisation / This has been a genuine chance for people to get involved and make a difference to have their voice heard and opinions known and to work together to strengthen the institution we all love and hold dear - our National Health Service / As a result, I think we've seen an important debate around our country whether it's the searching analysis that some newspapers have carried out or all the different television or radio programmes that have been devoted to the future of our NHS / And a whole range of people are changing their view / Before the pause, many were claiming the NHS is fine, and telling us not to touch it / Now - whatever their views about how to do it, most agree that change is needed / What's more, a significant number are now more clearly on board with the thrust of what we are proposing / In recent weeks, GPs representing 1,100 practices across England, the Association of Surgeons from Great Britain and Ireland and the Royal College of Surgeons have all written letters to national newspapers expressing support for the basis of our plans / Patients groups like Saga and Age UK have also backed key parts of our plans / And when I speak to patients and tell them about what drives our plans, there is a huge amount of support / People want patients to be at the heart of the NHS, they want more choice and better value for money, they want us to focus on outcomes, and they want us to devolve responsibility to frontline clinicians and I'm determined that we should not let them down / The details of the reforms we're bringing may be on the table but our vision of an NHS that is more productive, more patient-friendly, more professionally-driven and more diverse is clea...