We would like to apologise to Dr Peter H Lansley and any other Dr
Lansleys who have been mistaken for the architect of the government's
latest health reforms. We thought that the editorial entitled "Dr
Lansley's Monster," and a series of articles appearing in the print
journal and on the website, made it clear that we were referring to Mr
Andrew Lansley, England's Secretary of State for Health.
Competing interests:
I am a co-author of the offending editorial
Rapid Response:
Re:A Most Ungodly Epithet
We would like to apologise to Dr Peter H Lansley and any other Dr
Lansleys who have been mistaken for the architect of the government's
latest health reforms. We thought that the editorial entitled "Dr
Lansley's Monster," and a series of articles appearing in the print
journal and on the website, made it clear that we were referring to Mr
Andrew Lansley, England's Secretary of State for Health.
Competing interests: I am a co-author of the offending editorial