The changes to the NHS reforms are cosmetic: the essential elements have been preserved

In what was seen as a major concession to the Liberal Democrats, last week David Cameron announced ‘substantive’ changes to the NHS reform bill. Matthew Partridge argues that while on the surface these changes appear to be a policy u-turn, the changes are in fact quite minor; GP commissioning is still largely intact, as is the possibility of increases outsourcing to the public sector.