But his greatest regret may be his praise for "the decision to extend competition law across the health sector and treat the NHS as a regulated utility, with an economic regulator – Monitor".
The regulator, Monitor, is partly constrained from letting competition rip.
An inquest is expected and healthcare regulator Monitor is investigating the trust.
It was the health regulator Monitor, not the OFT, which considered the case.
Health minister Paul Burstow says the new NHS regulator, Monitor, could perform such a role.
A report to health regulator Monitor has said the service "is not clinically sustainable".
When the bill was published, the department proclaimed that the regulator, Monitor, would "oversee the process of price competition".
We urge NHS England and the NHS financial regulator, Monitor, to reconsider their decision as a matter of urgency.
How else can "any willing provider" be interpreted when the regulator, Monitor, has a new primary duty "to promote competition"?
The NHS regulator, Monitor, had such reservations that it only gave it the go-ahead the day before it launched.
The independent inquiry into bullying and intimidation was commissioned under the instruction of health regulator Monitor, which oversaw the process.
