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Lansley as ‘a man on a
mission’. She said: “He
talked about the fact that
Margaret Thatcher took 13
years to come up with her plan
for the Health Service. His team had produced a White Paper ‘Liberating the NHS’ - in just 60 days’.”
Karen also spoke about the work that was ongoing in an attempt to cut the de cit. She said: “There isn’t a single department that isn’t being closely scrutinised in an attempt to drive out waste.”
A campaign was being run at this time to ‘Say no to 10%’, a reference to the 10% duty that the EU was still attempting to add to imported mobility scooters, moving them into a category for motor vehicles rather than the existing category of ‘a carriage for disabled persons’. It was described by BHTA at the time as ‘an appalling decision’ and a series of meetings were being held throughout this time in an attempt to ensure the change did not take place.
The BHTA forged a partnership with the British Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists (BSHAA) in 2011, which enabled the companies employing the Society’s members to join and take advantage of the OFT approved Consumer Code.
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