So the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference has backed Nick Clegg’s plans for NHS reform.

The current government is obsessed with Top Down micro managment.  It does not work and it wastes vast amounts of taxpayers’ money.

The New Lib Dem guarantee will ensure patients get treated even if the NHS cannot provide the service at the required level.

It is literally a ‘Guarantee‘ not an ‘Opt Out’ such as the Tories patient’s passport scheme…

The reforms will also replace PCTs with elected Health Boards (well ok 1/3 will be councillors… sort of elected!) and some patients will get their own budgets (particularly in the case of mentally ill patients)

All good stuff.  I’m looking forward to hearing what else the Party has come up with at Conference.