http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/labour-care-review-lead-not-tied-down-by-nhs-budget-handover/5057792.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/labour-care-review-lead-not-tied-down-by-nhs-budget-handover/5057792.article Sir John Oldham, the chair of the Labour commission set up to examine ways of joining up health and social care, has pledged to keep an “open mind” on how the integration could be best achieved. kaye.wiggins@emap.com (Kaye Wiggins) Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:56 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/john-oldham-to-lead-labour-commission-on-integration/5057739.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/john-oldham-to-lead-labour-commission-on-integration/5057739.article Labour will set up an independent commission to examine how health and social care can be integrated to meet what Ed Miliband claims is the biggest challenge in the history of the NHS. Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:29 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/labour-moves-to-kill-off-controversial-competition-regulations/5055637.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/labour-moves-to-kill-off-controversial-competition-regulations/5055637.article Labour is calling on peers to reject controversial secondary legislation governing competition and the tendering of NHS services. ben.clover@emap.com (Ben Clover) Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:28 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/infographic-how-the-francis-report-affects-the-key-players/5054618.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/infographic-how-the-francis-report-affects-the-key-players/5054618.article Wed, 6 Feb 2013 12:35 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/ae-overstretched-says-labour/5054295.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/ae-overstretched-says-labour/5054295.article Hospital accident and emergency departments are overstretched and understaffed with patients forced to wait in ambulances just to gain admission, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said. Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:18 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/update-burnham-says-commissioning-board-couldnt-carry-on-under-plan/5054022.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/update-burnham-says-commissioning-board-couldnt-carry-on-under-plan/5054022.article Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said the NHS Commissioning Board “couldn’t carry on” in its current form under his proposals to reshape health and social care. david.williams@emap.com (David Williams) Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:09 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/burnham-plans-60bn-nhs-cash-handover-to-councils/5053900.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/burnham-plans-60bn-nhs-cash-handover-to-councils/5053900.article The vast majority of NHS funding would be handed to councils under radical proposals being developed by the shadow health secretary. dave.west@emap.com (Dave West) ben.clover@emap.com (Ben Clover) alastair.mclellan@emap.com (Alastair McLellan) Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/analysed-labours-health-blueprint/5053914.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/analysed-labours-health-blueprint/5053914.article What would be the impact of Andy Burnham’s proposals? dave.west@emap.com (Dave West) ben.clover@emap.com (Ben Clover) alastair.mclellan@emap.com (Alastair McLellan) kaye.wiggins@emap.com (Kaye Wiggins) Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/coalition-set-to-announce-care-reforms/5053335.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/coalition-set-to-announce-care-reforms/5053335.article The government is to announce reforms to social care funding as a key part of its mid-term coalition relaunch this afternoon. kaye.wiggins@emap.com (Kaye Wiggins) Mon, 7 Jan 2013 11:47 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/labour-demands-honesty-on-nhs/5052880.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/labour-demands-honesty-on-nhs/5052880.article Labour has called on the government to provide “a bit of accountability and a bit of honesty” as it accused the coalition of presiding over a “cut” in NHS spending during its term in office. Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:51 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/row-over-pay-cartel-reaches-parliament/5051433.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/row-over-pay-cartel-reaches-parliament/5051433.article MPs are due to debate the threat of regional pay to the NHS and the actions of the South West “pay cartel” this week, in a move designed to spark action from the government. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Mon, 5 Nov 2012 11:52 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/burnham-vows-to-repeal-health-act/5050203.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/burnham-vows-to-repeal-health-act/5050203.article Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has promised to repeal the controversial Health Act should Labour win the next election, scheduled for 2015. steve.ford@emap.com (Steve Ford) Thu, 4 Oct 2012 11:29 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/nhs-to-double-private-patients-burnham/5050159.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/nhs-to-double-private-patients-burnham/5050159.article Some NHS hospitals are planning to use new freedoms granted them by the coalition government to double the number of patients they treat privately this year, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has warned. Wed, 3 Oct 2012 09:57 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/number-of-nurses-falls-again/5049837.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/number-of-nurses-falls-again/5049837.article Numbers of nurses working in the NHS fell again in June, according to the latest workforce statistics. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:47 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/patients-waiting-longer-to-see-gp-labour/5047567.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/patients-waiting-longer-to-see-gp-labour/5047567.article Patients are being forced to wait for as long as three weeks to see their GP after practices have reduced their evening and weekend appointments, Labour said. Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:04 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/nhs-spending-vows-lie-in-tatters/5047216.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/nhs-spending-vows-lie-in-tatters/5047216.article Labour have attacked the government’s spending record on the NHS, claiming David Cameron would be “forever remembered” as the man who “cut the NHS not the deficit”. Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:36 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/labour-will-reverse-health-act-says-burnham/5047167.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/labour-will-reverse-health-act-says-burnham/5047167.article Labour will scrap the government’s flagship reforms of the NHS if they come into power at the next general election, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said. Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:30 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/anger-over-failure-to-agree-social-care-funding/5046981.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/anger-over-failure-to-agree-social-care-funding/5046981.article The government’s failure to agree a funding plan for social care have been greeted with disappointment from across the health sector. david.williams@emap.com (David Williams) Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:03 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/monitor-could-not-have-prevented-oversized-pfi/5046484.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/monitor-could-not-have-prevented-oversized-pfi/5046484.article A report into how a foundation trust came to be burdened with a large private finance initiative agreement has found Monitor was unable to prevent the deal – but said it could have spotted its slide into deficit earlier. ben.clover@emap.com (Ben Clover) Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:44 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/exclusive-circle-deal-means-hinchingbrooke-needs-over-70m-to-clear-debts/5044420.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/exclusive-circle-deal-means-hinchingbrooke-needs-over-70m-to-clear-debts/5044420.article The deal struck between Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust and its private sector operator means the trust needs surpluses of at least £70m over the next decade to pay off its £40m debts. crispin.dowler@emap.com (Crispin Dowler) Thu, 3 May 2012 00:01 GMT