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Andrew Lansley has lost his post as Health Secretary in the government reshuffle and will become Leader of the House of Commons. Andrew Lansley has lost his post as health secretary in the government reshuffle and will become leader of the House of Commons.
It is not yet clear who will replace Mr Lansley in the vacant role. Jeremey Hunt will replace Mr Lansley as health secretary.
Mr Lansley, whose NHS reforms prompted months of controversy last year, had been in the post since 2010.Mr Lansley, whose NHS reforms prompted months of controversy last year, had been in the post since 2010.
His plans for the health service prompted some doctors and other senior officials to call for his resignation.
But the Prime Minister David Cameron had said he was "at one" with Mr Lansley over the government's Health and Social Care Bill.
Proposals in the Health and Social Care Bill for England include giving GPs control of much of the NHS budget and opening up the health service to greater competition from the private and voluntary sector from April 2013.
Professional bodies, including the British Medical Association, the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of Midwives, had called for the bill to be scrapped.
The bill gained Royal Assent in March 2012, more than 14 months after first being tabled in the House of Commons.