Focus is inevitably falling on the Health Secretary, renowned for his knowledge of the NHS, but with his understanding and ability to listen now under question. Mr Lansley maintains a dogged insistence that the large take-up of pathfinder status shows GP engagement with his policy, consistently side-stepping the incontrovertible evidence that many of these are forming because GPs feel it is the least worst option in the circumstances.
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