THE country's most senior civil servant is back in the spotlight over allegations of straying into party politics, after making critical remarks about NHS reforms in England.
Sir Peter Housden was captured on video at a health seminar telling Scottish NHS managers that the plans by Tory Health Secretary Andrew Lansley were "a solution to no known problem".
The Permanent Secretary at St Andrew's House added that Mr Lansley was struggling to persuade people the NHS could be improved by GP commissioning, saying: "People could see some of that argument, but to base a system on all of that seemed to be enormously risky."
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