NHS Reorganisation

I am listening intently to the hon. Gentleman’s eloquent speech expressing his sincerely held beliefs. Does he agree that one of the problems with the mergers is that we have had, in effect, phoney consultations? In my area of the eastern region, under the auspices of the NHS Appointments Commission, a chairman’s post was advertised a full nine weeks before the public consultation ends. Does he not agree that that undermines public confidence in the efficacy of such public consultation?