On Wednesday 14 May I gave a speech at the annual conference of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence where I set out “Five lessons for reforming the NHS and social care”.

These are that we the need to focus on changing services, not structures; how we pay for care really matters; you can’t separate the quality of services from the staff that provide them; openness and transparency must be hardwired into the system; and that individuals and communities must be given far more power, say and control. You can read my speech by clicking on the link below.

Liz Kendall MP’s speech to NICE Annual Conference 14th May 2014