MPs set to slam NHS reforms Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's controversial NHS reforms are set to be heavily criticised by an influential cross-party group of MPs. The Observer said the Commons Health Committee would say the proposals were obstructing efforts to make the NHS more efficient and failed to address the needs of an ageing population. The paper said the committee, chaired by Conservative former health secretary Stephen Dorrell, had concluded the plan to restructure the NHS in England and devolve more power to GPs was making it more difficult to achieve the target of £20 billion in efficiency savings by 2014-15. It quoted a "late draft" of the committee's report as saying: "The reorganisation process continues to complicate the push for efficiency gains. Although it may have facilitated savings in some cases we heard that it more often creates disruption and distraction that hinders the ability of organisations to consider truly effective ways of reforming service delivery and releasing savings.