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'Government prepared to defy order to publish risk assessment of NHS changes.'

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Solopower · 08/05/2012 17:54

Just heard on R4 News. Is this true? If it is, how do they justify keeping a risk assessment secret?

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LadyWithEDS · 08/05/2012 20:06

Have you a link?

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Solopower · 08/05/2012 20:02

True, Minimathsmouse. But if it does contain something explosive it might serve to shed a light on why this govt does the things it does, and how far they will go to achieve their ideological changes.

I've just heard it explained on the radio: they want to keep it secret because if they don't people working on similar reports in the future won't feel able to say what they think.

But why should they feel they have to protect the government? How is that freedom of speech?

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minimathsmouse · 08/05/2012 19:40

I would have thought it was too late, even if the risk assessment contains information which point to the fact that the reforms were harmful, how can the legislation be changed after the fact.