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Radical changes to the way the NHS in England is organised have been "disastrous" and "distracted" from patient care, leading analysts say.
The evaluation by the King's Fund think tank says the coalition government's changes had wasted three years, failed patients, caused financial distress and left a strategic vacuum.
But it also says Labour is "crying wolf" over its privatisation claims.
The government said the report showed its plans for the future were right.
The behind-the-scenes changes may not have been immediately apparent to patients in GP surgeries.
But they were described by NHS leaders as "so big you could see them from space".
The changes, which came into force in 2013, abolished large numbers of NHS organisations.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31145600
The evaluation by the King's Fund think tank says the coalition government's changes had wasted three years, failed patients, caused financial distress and left a strategic vacuum.
But it also says Labour is "crying wolf" over its privatisation claims.
The government said the report showed its plans for the future were right.
The behind-the-scenes changes may not have been immediately apparent to patients in GP surgeries.
But they were described by NHS leaders as "so big you could see them from space".
The changes, which came into force in 2013, abolished large numbers of NHS organisations.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31145600