The government of England is finding it hard to convince a majority of the medical professionals about the usefulness of bringing in Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s health reform. It has been reported that the Lords would be conducting a debate over the reforms.

Through the NHS reforms, Andrew Lansley is trying to give greater decision making authority to the GPs by allowing them to draft NHS budget. However, a majority of the GPs are against the changes proposed by Andrew Lansley as they believe that the reforms thus passed would not be effective enough.

Continuous opposition against the reform has already led to the delay. Therefore, it has been decided that a final debate would be conducted by the Lords. The results of the debate would help the government in taking the decision whether or not the reforms should be implemented.

It has been informed that if the reforms are passed then a steep competition among the private and public health care sector would be witnessed. The British Medical Association, Royal College of GPs and other medical professionals are of the view that Lansley is trying to privatize the NHS through the reforms.

Although the Labour party has opposed the implementation of the reform, there are a few democrats who are calling for amendments in the reforms. The reforms were proposed last year, but till now the government has not been able to win the consent of the opposition.

It has come to light that hundreds of amendments have already been made in the reforms but still the reforms are subject of controversies. Couple of weeks back, the medical professionals wrote a letter addressing to Andrew Lansley. In the letter, the professionals asked the Health Secretary to withdraw the NHS reforms. While placing their plea, they wrote that the reforms, if implemented, would cause irreparable damages to the NHS.