UK Government: Prime Minister proposes regulatory reform

Following last week's announcement of a planned National Health Service (NHS) review, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has unveiled an extensive legislation package that includes reform of the NHS. The Health and Social Care Bill is intended to ensure "a stronger health and social care regulator,"  in part by establishing a body called Ofcare to replace existing, smaller regulatory bodies. In addition, it is proposed that physician regulatory bodies employ "the civil, rather than the criminal, standard of proof in disciplinary cases."   Read "Brown Plans New Health Regulation" from the BBC.