Coalition "Reform" of the NHS

Coalition "Reform" of the NHS
Approval ratings for the NHS were at a record high prior to the Coalition government. Since then there have spending cuts and a massive reorganization, despite promises to the contrary.
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 contains no provisions relating to patient safety. Moreover it abolished the National Patient Safety Agency.
Neither have the most important recommendations of the Francis Report been adopted.
The current Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, continues to blame Labour for the state of the NHS, and seems to take no responsibility for NHS failings. Cover-ups of NHS problems at Morecambe Bay have occurred under this government's watch, although there have been attempts to put this at Andy Burnham's door too.
What have Cure the NHS to say about this record? Well far from criticizing the abolition of the NPSA, Julia Bailey tactitly approves if not positively endorses it. Instead of focussing on Jeremy Hunt's lack of deeds, she commends him for "listening". The cynical might say that this is further evidence of her tendency to seek attention. Ditto for the piece in the Washington Times, when the same smears and exaggerations in the UK press were repeated for an American readership debating 'Obamacare'.
In short, the coalition government are putting blame out to tender. Private healthcare will not be subject to FOI requests, so transparency will decrease not increase. This will give private contractors an unfair advantage. Will they be subject to the same requirements of candour as NHS providers? Where the customer pays the private provider directly or indirectly, it can be argued that 'caveat emptor' applies. The justification for treating private providers of NHS care differently is less clear.