Nick Clegg’s speech on NHS reform at University College London Hospital  

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg gave a speech this morning at University College London Hospital, emphasising that patients will be kept at the heart of NHS reforms. We are now in the final stages of the Government's listening exercise on proposals to reform the NHS. An unusual thing for government to do: pausing legislation because we didn't get all of the substance right. Accepting that we now need to make changes - in some cases, significant ones. But a process that is proving immensely helpful in producing the best set of reforms we can. I know that many people following the debate about the NHS are asking themselves: what happens now? What does all this mean for me, my family, my area? So I'm here today to reassure people: yes, there will be reform of the NHS. There must be reform of the NHS. But not change for change's...