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When Jeremy Hunt was appointed health secretary - almost exactly a year ago - the assumption was that he would try to keep the NHS out of the headlines.
After the row over his predecessor Andrew Lansley's reforms it seemed like he would be the safe pair of hands, just as Alan Johnson was for Labour when he replaced Patricia Hewitt following the deficit problems of the mid-2000s.
But that could not be further from the truth.
Certainly, since the start of this year he has, if anything, been trying to make the headlines.
There has been a blizzard of announcements from placing failing hospitals into special measures to creating a ?500m A&E bailout fund.
Along the way, he has picked a fight with GPs, saying the idea of a family doctoring has been lost - a move which prompted BMA GP leader Dr Laurence Buckman to accuse him of "spouting rubbish".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24038702
After the row over his predecessor Andrew Lansley's reforms it seemed like he would be the safe pair of hands, just as Alan Johnson was for Labour when he replaced Patricia Hewitt following the deficit problems of the mid-2000s.
But that could not be further from the truth.
Certainly, since the start of this year he has, if anything, been trying to make the headlines.
There has been a blizzard of announcements from placing failing hospitals into special measures to creating a ?500m A&E bailout fund.
Along the way, he has picked a fight with GPs, saying the idea of a family doctoring has been lost - a move which prompted BMA GP leader Dr Laurence Buckman to accuse him of "spouting rubbish".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24038702