The Deputy Editor of British Medical Journal, Dr. Tony Delamothe, and Editor, Dr. Fiona Godlee, have made sarcastic statements on the reforms as well as changes agreed via the Future Forum and claimed that future Forum recommendations will play a role to increase the incidents of bureaucracy to the health service

“It would be better for the NHS, the government, and the people of England to sweep [the amended Health and Social Care Bill’s] mangled remains into an unmarked grave and move on”, published the editorial section while depicting its adverse effects on NHS.”The NHS with a similar proportion of bureaucrats to the Austro-Hungarian empire on the eve of the first world war—and about as flat footed".

Further, the authors have pinpointed the problem of making £20 billion of efficiency savings over the next four years and marked it as an important issue to be addressed. The BMJ has criticized the authorities for enforcing the reforms in a 'harebrained fashion'.

On the other hand, the Shadow Health Secretary, John Healey, has warned that the government is ‘railroading’ the Bill through parliament and allocated very less time for the inspection of changes. Mr. Healey has also raised concerns that only 64 out of 299 clauses are reverted to the House of Commons to debated by MPS.