Lansley named worst health secretary, Bevan named best

The work Andrew Lansley did for the NHS has finally received proper recognition. The British Medical Journal (BMJ) have named him the worst Health Secretary.

A questionnaire of 50 of the country’s leading doctors and healthy experts led to Lansley being bestowed this title, while this same group of medical practitioners chose Aneurin Bevan as the best.

Lansley, who was the Health Secretary between 2010 and 2012, was named by 15 of those asked as the worst person to occupy the post. Others who were named (but received only one vote) were Enoch Powell, John Moore, Kenneth Clarke, Virginia Bottomley, Alan Milburn, Patricia Hewitt, and current Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

Meanwhile, Bevan received 20 votes to be the best health secretary. He was followed by Frank Dobson (9 votes, Alan Milburn and Stephen Dorrell (5 votes each), Kenneth Clarke (3 votes), Barbara Castle (2 votes) – while Enoch Powell, Kenneth Robinson, Richard Crossman, Patricia Hewitt, Alan Johnson, and Jeremy Hunt received one vote each.

It just goes to show, you really can’t trust the Tories with the NHS…