Labour has been accused of setting a 'bonfire of patient safety' with a new Health Bill that rips up key safeguards and removes protections for whistleblowers. Ministers have made a 'catastrophic misjudgement' that risks another scandal on the scale of Mid Staffs unless Andy Burnham intervenes to stop the changes, the Liberal Democrats warn. The CQC has warned this will restrict its access to safety-critical information, such as patient safety incident reports. 'Yet Labour's Health Bill guts hard-won safety measures and lets the NHS mark its own homework. 'He promised lasting change and to listen, but is now overseeing the greatest backward step in patient safety in a generation.