Health Service Journal
Health Bill 2011
Stories with this category.
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Monitor unveils shake-up of financial risk ratings
14-Jan-2013
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Local Healthwatch 'bound and gagged'
11-Jan-2013
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Reforms will have little effect on patients says academic
3-Jan-2013
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Regulator's hit squad brands Mid Staffs 'unviable' in current form
10-Dec-2012
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Monitor sends hit squad into Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals
10-Dec-2012
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Sally Gainsbury: cold comfort from 'reassurance'
29-Nov-2012
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£1bn paid in NHS redundancy packages
19-Nov-2012
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The NHS mandate: liberation or ligature?
19-Nov-2012
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Health action party targets coalition seats
16-Nov-2012
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Croydon's finance crisis is not incredible
8 November 2012
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Harpal Kumar: outcomes at risk
1 November 2012
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Health department 'inventing rules'
30-Oct-2012
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Hunt: reforms will cost up to £1.6bn
19-Oct-2012
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Easton’s move stokes debate on private sector’s value to NHS
16-Oct-2012
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DH unveils rules for objecting to Monitor tariff proposals
9-Oct-2012
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Health service in 'distress' after reforms
5-Oct-2012
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Burnham vows to repeal Health Act
4-Oct-2012
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Serco questions 'bullish' forecasts for community services growth
3-Oct-2012
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DH abandons plan to stop 'cherry picking' through tariff change
2-Oct-2012
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NHS cuts 'hitting training quality'
1-Oct-2012
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New Monitor board structure unveiled
26-Sep-2012
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Exclusive: Government faces Lib-Lab challenge over Health Act regulations
25-Sep-2012
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Commissioning board to 'lift and shift' staff
19-Sep-2012
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Too many 'risk pools' could force organisations into failure, Nicholson warns
18-Sep-2012
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New minister admits government 'screwed up' on NHS reform
17-Sep-2012
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Tenders for sexual health contracts could leave HIV services 'unviable'
7-Sep-2012
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Fixing the broken system
6 September 2012
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New secretary of state faces a bulging in-tray
5-Sep-2012
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Concern about service change delay as Hunt replaces Lansley
4-Sep-2012
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Reshuffle 2012 latest: live discussion
4-Sep-2012
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Jeremy Hunt replaces Andrew Lansley as health secretary
4-Sep-2012
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The new breed must listen to survive
23 August 2012
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Private providers in NHS 'likely' to escape toughest regulatory controls
20-Aug-2012
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DH unveils licensing and competition plans
16-Aug-2012
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FTs with heavy PFI burdens could face ratings downgrade
7-Aug-2012
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NHS regulator drops 'Chinese walls' plan
31-Jul-2012
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Commissioners could be incentivised not to give services additional protection
31-Jul-2012
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Monitor drops controversial credit rating plan
31-Jul-2012
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FIlling the void
26-Jul-2012
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DH to consult on extent of regulator's powers
25-Jul-2012
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Curbs proposed on council powers over NHS reconfiguration
18-Jul-2012
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Labour will reverse Health Act, says Burnham
17-Jul-2012
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Nicholas Timmins: the aftermath of reform
12-Jul-2012
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Monitor: patient costs could inform national prices
27-Jun-2012
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Meldrum urges caution over further pensions action
25-Jun-2012
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Number of managers in NHS down by 5.7 per cent
22-Jun-2012
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McKinsey partner: 'Women could do most antenatal care themselves'
21-Jun-2012
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The brave new world of managed failure
21-Jun-2012
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FTs warn of 'regulatory driven failure' under NHS reforms
19-Jun-2012
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'Reform could lead a transition to a non-hierarchical NHS'
14-Jun-2012
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Exclusive: Monitor to launch major review of barriers to NHS competition
13-Jun-2012
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Conflict of interest concerns in new Monitor role - report
13-Jun-2012
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Satisfaction in NHS plummets due to concern over government reforms
12-Jun-2012
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Cumbria clinical commissioners take on £676m budget
1-Jun-2012
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Exclusive: commissioning board offices 'to match old SHAs'
31-May-2012
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Primary care premises may prove too costly for independents
31-May-2012
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DH unveils plans for increased competition in diagnostics and mental health
24-May-2012
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Ed Miliband calls on local wellbeing boards to 'defend NHS'
15-May-2012
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DH promises 'openness and respect' in bid to reach outside groups
15-May-2012
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Miliband to attack government handling of the NHS
15-May-2012
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Lansley faces nurses' cuts and pensions complaints
14-May-2012
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David Worskett: implementing reforms requires collaborative open minds
10-May-2012
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Lansley vetoes reform risk register publication
8-May-2012
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'The reforms could be the coalition's poll tax'
3-May-2012
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How to identify - and manage - conflicts of interest
3 May 2012
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Nigel Edwards: how Lansley's big vision got shredded
26-Apr-2012
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Commissioning board chair: liberation of the NHS 'won't happen overnight'
25-Apr-2012
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Prentis warns Lansley over 'attack' on Agenda for Change
23-Apr-2012
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NHS data skewed by efforts to protect trust finances
23-Apr-2012
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NHS private patient units let down by 'customer service'
19-Apr-2012
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Readers' letters – 19 April 2012
19 April 2012
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There are no clear winners from the new price-setting regime
12 April 2012
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Winston backs Labour's NHS campaign
11-Apr-2012
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All-foundation trust NHS plans are 'at significant risk'
5-Apr-2012
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Information tribunal judgment says DH should have released risk register
5-Apr-2012
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Market competition test proposed for trusts seeking extra funding
4-Apr-2012
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Regulator's dual role still unclear
28-Mar-2012
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Monitor should toughen assessments following scandal - Bennett
28-Mar-2012
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Burnham attacks NHS reform risks
28-Mar-2012
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NHS reform risk register reveals list of serious concerns
27-Mar-2012
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Mike Farrar: eight immediate issues that are facing reform success
26-Mar-2012
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BBC turns to HSJ on health reform and struggling Yorks trust
23-Mar-2012
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Leaders must now give the NHS a sense of endeavour and purpose
22-Mar-2012
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Readers' Letters – 22 March 2012
22 March 2012
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Labour plots service changes through local authorities
21-Mar-2012
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NHS reform row 'not over', warn healthcare leaders
21-Mar-2012
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Health Bill on verge of becoming law
19-Mar-2012
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Health Bill will widen inequalities says experts' 'risk register'
19-Mar-2012
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Doctors to take on coalition MPs at next election
19-Mar-2012
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Physicians vote to reject the Health Bill
16-Mar-2012
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Could an NHS trust be allowed to go bankrupt?
15-Mar-2012
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Michael White: bill-bashing Lib Dems may take their own hits in the polls
15-Mar-2012
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Noel Plumridge: do not underestimate CCG support organisations
15-Mar-2012
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Health reforms clear latest Lords hurdle
14-Mar-2012
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RCGP seeks health reform talks
13-Mar-2012
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SNP claim independence will safeguard NHS
12-Mar-2012
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Lib Dem vote against support for bill puts more pressure on peers
12-Mar-2012
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Tribunal calls for Health Bill risk register to be published
9-Mar-2012
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'Move on', Nick Clegg to urge Lib Dems
9-Mar-2012
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Health Bill could bring in US-style system, report warns
9-Mar-2012
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Two thousand campaigners rally against Health Bill
8-Mar-2012
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Two weeks to 'save the NHS', warns union
8-Mar-2012
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Monitor to publish annual reconfiguration 'blacklist'
8-Mar-2012
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Health secretary social care amendment defeated
7-Mar-2012
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Opponents to rally in Westminster over Health Bill
7-Mar-2012
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DH chief defends early implementation of NHS reforms
6-Mar-2012
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Health Bill: government limits FTs and private income
5-Mar-2012
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Bill will leave public health 'compromised, weaker and less safe'
5-Mar-2012
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Exclusive: public split over use of private firms in NHS as Labour doubles poll lead on health
5-Mar-2012
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Government action on health 'brave', says Cameron
5-Mar-2012
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PCT staff to be designated 'affected by change'
2-Mar-2012
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Health Bill 'unfit for purpose' - BMA
2-Mar-2012
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'Patient choice should not force commissioners away from competition'
1-Mar-2012
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Lansley praises Lib Dems for strengthening bill
1-Mar-2012
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Michael White: these are dispiriting and dark days in NHS politics
1-Mar-2012
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Exclusive: Monitor to publish 'black lists' of unviable hospitals
29-Feb-2012
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Labour bemoans 'cosmetic' Lib Dem bill changes
29-Feb-2012
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Lords win tweaks to Health Bill on competition
28-Feb-2012
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Conflicts of interest Health Bill amendments agreed
28-Feb-2012
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NHS to extend HIV care to overseas visitors
28-Feb-2012
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Government told NHS needs competition
28-Feb-2012
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Physicians poll supports calls for bill to be dropped
27-Feb-2012
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Lib Dems seek further Health Bill amendments
27-Feb-2012
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Exclusive: flagship HealthWatch policy to be 'watered down' by amendments
24-Feb-2012
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RCN: coalition MPs turning against reforms
23-Feb-2012
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Paediatricians become latest college to reject bill
23-Feb-2012
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Media Watch: constructive Cameron attempts to quash destructive talk
23-Feb-2012
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Taking up the Dorrell challenge? It's the money, stupid
23-Feb-2012
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CCGs in the limelight as NHS reform row gets brutal
22-Feb-2012
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Cameron backs Lansley as health secretary
22-Feb-2012
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Public against NHS reforms, poll suggests
21-Feb-2012
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Exclusive: Lansley assures CCGs over competition
20-Feb-2012
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Exclusive: PM reveals government's four NHS commitments
20-Feb-2012
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Welsh leader calls for Cameron 'humility'
20-Feb-2012
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Exclusive: prime minister calls summit on 'implementing NHS reforms'
17-Feb-2012
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Paediatricians urge scrapping of Health Bill
17-Feb-2012
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Miliband renews attack on Cameron 'broken promises'
17-Feb-2012
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Michael White: the coalition may sustain heavy damage by seeing the bill through
16-Feb-2012
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'Drop the bill' online petition hits 100,000 signatures
15-Feb-2012
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Lansley remains defiant as pressure grows over competition
15-Feb-2012
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Government forced to defend McKinsey bill involvement
14-Feb-2012
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Coalition tensions emerge as Cameron backs Lansley
13-Feb-2012
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Decline in NHS productivity 'a myth'
13-Feb-2012
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PM backing for NHS reform has 'drifted'
10-Feb-2012
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Conservative ministers 'ring alarm bell' over NHS reforms
10-Feb-2012
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Does the government really have a Plan B for NHS reform?
9-Feb-2012
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Government defeated in Lords Health Bill vote
9-Feb-2012
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Institute of Healthcare Management joins 'drop the bill' calls
9-Feb-2012
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David Kerr: the true value of reform must be defined by patient outcomes
9-Feb-2012
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Debt cap proposed for private providers to NHS
9-Feb-2012
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DH sets aside £617m for redundancy and restructuring costs
9 February 2012
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Radiographers and art therapists join opposition to the Health Bill
9 February 2012
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Surrey backs reforms ahead of public health push
9 February 2012
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Faculty of Public Health calls for withdrawal of bill
8-Feb-2012
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Pressure on Lansley grows as Lords scrutinise reforms
8-Feb-2012
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Lords set to debate integration and health secretary's duty
8-Feb-2012
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Lord Owen: Lords have failed to alter the Health Bill
7-Feb-2012
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Commissioning board restricted by Health Bill 'turbulence'
3-Feb-2012
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Royal College of GPs joins calls for Health Bill to be scrapped
3-Feb-2012
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Surrey health and wellbeing board backs bill
2-Feb-2012
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Health Bill amendments target integration and secretary of state's duties
2-Feb-2012
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Confed warns Monitor off credit ratings plan
2 February 2012
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PM responds to HSJ's criticisms of reforms
1-Feb-2012
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Private providers attack Monitor failure regime
1-Feb-2012
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Medical royal colleges divide over Health Bill
1-Feb-2012
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No big shift in government Health Bill amendments
1-Feb-2012
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The NHS deserves a better, more open debate over health reform
31-Jan-2012
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Fixed NHS prices could become 'increasingly problematic' commission warns
31-Jan-2012
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Royal colleges will 'continue dialogue' on reform
27-Jan-2012
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Chief midwife brands Lansley's comments 'below the belt'
26-Jan-2012
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Unions to hold reform summit with royal colleges
26-Jan-2012
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Exclusive: private acute providers warned over slowing NHS-funded work
26-Jan-2012
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Media Watch: January gloom continues as colleges are next to oppose bill
26-Jan-2012
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Efficiency savings drive being 'distracted' by reforms
23-Jan-2012
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Exclusive: DH letters to staff admit 'no clarity' on jobs
20-Jan-2012
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Two royal colleges declare opposition to Health Bill
19-Jan-2012
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Exclusive: Health Bill concessions on 'autonomy' and SoS accountability
17-Jan-2012
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Labour: NHS patients will face 'worse deal'
17-Jan-2012
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Revealed: Bennett's plan to split Monitor board
13-Jan-2012
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Burnham urges medical colleges to demand bill is dropped
13-Jan-2012
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Michael White: a deal must be cut to restore certainty to the NHS
12-Jan-2012
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Cameron to stand firm on spending cuts
6-Jan-2012
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PCT and SHA staff set to learn job decisions
5-Jan-2012
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Amended private patient income cap 'will have little impact'
4-Jan-2012
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Lords row over 'secret' file on NHS reform risk
22-Dec-2011
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PCT and SHA staff to be told their 'expected destination' on 31 January
21-Dec-2011
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Cameron warned Health Bill will 'widen inequalities'
20-Dec-2011
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NHS managers asked to resign - Labour
19-Dec-2011
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Private sector faces referral to Competition Commission
13-Dec-2011
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Reforms causing 'continued chaos' to frontline services - BMA
8-Dec-2011
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Diagnostics, adult hearing, and podiatry to be opened to competition across Manchester
8-Dec-2011
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South West shouts about its success as handover looms
8 December 2011
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'Specialised commissioning gives the NHS Commissioning Board a chance to deliver'
8 December 2011
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Cumbria PCT to open up diagnostics and continence services to competition
7-Dec-2011
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Podiatry and adult hearing services to be opened to competition in Merseyside
7-Dec-2011
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Flory plans CCG finance chief 'accreditation' process
7-Dec-2011
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Ministers seek talks with GP bodies over quality premium
5-Dec-2011
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Imperial to take on national patient safety role
2-Dec-2011
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Price competition fears over provider penalties
29-Nov-2011
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Reforms will cost £3.4bn - Burnham
29-Nov-2011
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BMA declares full opposition to reforms
25-Nov-2011
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'This is the kind of disruptive innovation the NHS needs'
25-Nov-2011
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Uniting HealthWatch with CQC a 'mistake', says advisory group
24-Nov-2011
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Exclusive: DH and Monitor in 'power battle' over running of regulator
23-Nov-2011
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Setting out the principles for integrated care
23-Nov-2011
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If the NHS is doing well, why is it changing?
18-Nov-2011
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Protecting the public from public health professionals
17-Nov-2011
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Monitor to keep financial risk register for every licensed provider
16-Nov-2011
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Bill delay threat as government consults on reform risk register
16-Nov-2011
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Why the success of health and wellbeing boards depends on relationships
16-Nov-2011
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Labour Lords win concession on Health Bill
15-Nov-2011
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DH reforms assessment release demanded by peers
15-Nov-2011
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Ratings agency predicts more government bailouts for loss-making trusts
11-Nov-2011
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'Healing our finances needs a long term, not short term, strategy'
10 November 2011
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NHS lacks leadership consistency, peers told
10-Nov-2011
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Joint commissioning plans need to 'go further', Future Forum lead urges
3-Nov-2011
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Monitor examines FTs' patient guarantees loophole
2-Nov-2011
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Lib Dems peers push series of amendments on competition
31-Oct-2011
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Chair appointed to HEE steering group
27-Oct-2011
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Phil Hammond: the reforms remain more question than answer
27-Oct-2011
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Burnham attacks coalition over 'catastrophic' NHS changes
27-Oct-2011
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Reforms must change to 'mitigate damage' - BMA chair
26-Oct-2011
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Reform conflict of interest concerning most GPs
25-Oct-2011
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Health Bill: Lords to debate hospital failure, integration and commissioning bonus
25-Oct-2011
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Government: Mid Staffs inquiry may lead to another health bill
21-Oct-2011
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Exclusive: government defending 'autonomy clause'
20-Oct-2011
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'An important moment in public health history'
20-Oct-2011
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Lords propose greater transparency in new Health Bill changes
20-Oct-2011
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Sally Gainsbury: councils face a rude awakening
20 October 2011
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Government eyes timing as Health Bill amendments pour in
19-Oct-2011
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Integration must not default to a box-ticking process
18-Oct-2011
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Exclusive: SHA cluster chief executives appointed without competition
13-Oct-2011
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'After destructive debate, the case for reform needs to be rebuilt'
13 October 2011
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Media Watch: calls to 'kill bill' go unheeded
13 October 2011
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Lords pass Health Bill at second reading
12-Oct-2011
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Lansley: QIPP savings £1bn lower than expected
12-Oct-2011
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House of Lords set for Health Bill vote
12-Oct-2011
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Prime minister's Health Bill claims 'false', say doctors
12-Oct-2011
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Earl Howe urges Lords to pass bill quickly
11-Oct-2011
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Lord Owen motion on health bill stripped back after talks with ministers
11-Oct-2011
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Medics' calls to scrap reforms backed by high profile figures
11-Oct-2011
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Health Bill: medical royal colleges and GPs step up concern
11-Oct-2011
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NHS Confed: Health Bill could lead to vital decisions 'paralysis'
11-Oct-2011
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Labour peers prepare amendments for health bill
11-Oct-2011
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Health Bill analysis: Lords likely to win policy shifts
10-Oct-2011
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Hospital competition could 'negatively affect' quality
10-Oct-2011
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John Healey steps down as shadow health secretary
6-Oct-2011
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Public health engagement group to steer DH policy
6 October 2011
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Lansley: I have fought 'misinformation and misrepresentation' over reforms
4-Oct-2011
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Government to oppose Lords move for extra Health Bill scrutiny
4-Oct-2011
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Pull bill now, public health doctors urge Lords
4-Oct-2011
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Government sets out limits of Health Bill compromise
3-Oct-2011
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Health Bill risks 'weakening ministerial accountability' - Lords committee
30-Sep-2011
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'Healthcare without competition is financially unsustainable'
29-Sep-2011
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Exclusive: data security regulation 'should not increase'
29-Sep-2011
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Can competition transform healthcare delivery in the NHS?
29 September 2011
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Monitor could suspend competition to encourage integration models
29 September 2011
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Nicholson: State should have power to renationalise FTs
27-Sep-2011
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Lords set to launch further Health Bill challenge
26-Sep-2011
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Senior Lib Dem peer wants more 'teeth' for HealthWatch
22-Sep-2011
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Why the amended Health Bill still creates a worrying outlook for the NHS
22 September 2011
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Health reforms 'a strategic mistake'
20-Sep-2011
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Non-GPs must get exec roles, says top Lib Dem
20-Sep-2011
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Unions could resist reforms through 'non-cooperation'
19-Sep-2011
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BMA steps up opposition to Health Bill's quality premium and data plans
16-Sep-2011
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Peers take aim at Health Social Care Bill
16-Sep-2011
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DH: Clinical senates will not ‘interfere with or constrain’ CCGs
15-Sep-2011
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Lansley: QIPP savings 'on track'
15-Sep-2011
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DH reinterprets research showing NHS has competition advantage
15-Sep-2011
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Health and Wellbeing Boards 'should drive integration'
15 September 2011
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Lansley told CCGs are frustrated over commissioning support
15-Sep-2011
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York Hospitals FT continuing to meet in private
13-Sep-2011
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Revised DH figures predict 8,000 fewer redundancies from NHS reforms
9-Sep-2011
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'If the reforms go wrong, the potential risk to public health huge'
9-Sep-2011
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'Huge opportunities' for private provision under reform - Howe
8-Sep-2011
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House of Commons votes through revised Health Bill
8-Sep-2011
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Health Bill amendments could add 'political pressure' to reconfiguration decisions
7-Sep-2011
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Commercial-only finance plans for FTs scaled back
7-Sep-2011
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Reforms will curtail access to information, say campaigners
6-Sep-2011
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Politicians block reforms - King’s Fund
6-Sep-2011
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Reforms risk 'the end' of the NHS - Robinson
5-Sep-2011
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Lib Dems renew Health Bill concerns ahead of Commons debate
5-Sep-2011
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Government hits back over BMA 'high risk reform' claims
2-Sep-2011
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GP practices in east and north Birmingham named as pathfinder consortia
1-Sep-2011
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Ministers set out FT failure regime
1-Sep-2011
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Struggling providers to get above-tariff payments
1-Sep-2011
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Monitor's transitional role could be extended beyond 2016
1 September 2011
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Further Health Bill amendments to include new 'failure' rules
31-Aug-2011
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'Crude' spending estimates risk CCGs' funding
25 August 2011
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Bolton GP commissioners forecast to overspend delegated budgets by £1.4m
24-Aug-2011
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New set of listening exercise questions unveiled
18-Aug-2011
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NHS-university partnerships can 'resist' competition, says chair
18-Aug-2011
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'The focus now for those who manage healthcare should be value'
18 August 2011
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Flagship involvement policy faces funding threat
4-Aug-2011
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Sue Slipman: public board meetings are not a quick fix for accountability
4-Aug-2011
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What the new healthcare environment holds for clinical negligence indemnity
4-Aug-2011
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The financial challenges GPs face in developing surgery estate
4 August 2011
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Choice plans are 'enforced competition', say GPs
22-Jul-2011
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Reform transition cost now £1.49bn, according to DH figure
22-Jul-2011
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Commissioning reform costs already near quarter of a billion
21-Jul-2011
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Local services need the backup of national support
21-Jul-2011
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BMA to launch campaign calling for withdrawal of Health Bill
20-Jul-2011
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Health Bill in Commons after recess
15-Jul-2011
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HealthWatch: local scrutiny and national tension
14 July 2011
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Michael White: political meltdown?
14 July 2011
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Minister sets out OFT's role in hospital mergers
13-Jul-2011
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Cameron accused of breaking NHS cash promise
13-Jul-2011
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Southern Cross failure could speed handover of social care regulation to Monitor - Bennett
12-Jul-2011
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Monitor delays chief executive appointment until bill is clarified
11-Jul-2011
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AQP 'bastardised', says Care UK boss
8-Jul-2011
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Nicholson urges MPs to end obsession with bed numbers
8-Jul-2011
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Public health policy 'update' paper expected next week
7-Jul-2011
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Lansley outlines new work for Future Forum
7-Jul-2011
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Responsible officers to sit with commissioning board
7-Jul-2011
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Fears over mental health gap in commissioning knowledge
7 July 2011
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Power to the patients: promised improvements to patient choice need backing up
7 July 2011
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Confed chief cautions over the dangers of centralisation
6-Jul-2011
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Andrew Lansley: the strength of feeling shows why we had to listen
6-Jul-2011
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Foundation trusts borrowing over £1bn from DH
6-Jul-2011
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Government 'expects' DPHs to report to council chief execs
6-Jul-2011
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'NHS England' name plan stirs controversy
5-Jul-2011
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Future Forum chair warns small CCGs they will have to merge
5-Jul-2011
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DH commits funds to support health and wellbeing board development
1-Jul-2011
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Lansley meeting Future Forum to discuss its future
1-Jul-2011
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Will the bill halt the integration of vital services outside health and social care?
30-Jun-2011
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Public health expertise losses begin to bite
30 June 2011
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‘Specialist’ doctors on CCG boards could be GPs
29-Jun-2011
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Meldrum: reform changes 'more than a respray'
28-Jun-2011
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Doctors to call for Health Bill withdrawal
28-Jun-2011
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Avoid 'slash and burn' approach to spending cuts - BMA
28-Jun-2011
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BMA chair claims reform victory
27-Jun-2011
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Government plans more Health Bill amendments
27-Jun-2011
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Health Bill: rules unclear on open board meetings
24-Jun-2011
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Health Bill: changes risk ‘paper duties’ and central pressure
24-Jun-2011
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Health Bill: competition changes may not be ‘substantive’
24-Jun-2011
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Health Bill: government publishes 181 amendments
24-Jun-2011
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Public lose trust in Conservatives on health
23-Jun-2011
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Media Watch: printing the unprintable on hospital closure
23 June 2011
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'We have to tackle government disagreement head on'
23 June 2011
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Commissioning groups that cross boundaries may have to reform
22-Jun-2011
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DH to 'rely' on local pricing to extend community services competition
22-Jun-2011
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Exclusive: NHS faces 'big problem' if reform timetable slips - Nicholson
22-Jun-2011
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DH admits preparing Health Bill changes before review report
21-Jun-2011
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Information strategy delayed until autumn, DH confirms
20-Jun-2011
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Health secretary and NCB will only intervene when failure is 'significant'
20-Jun-2011
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Nicholson to remain NHS chief executive until 2013 as reform timetable relaxes
20-Jun-2011
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Commissioners will have duty to tell patients about waiting time rights
20-Jun-2011
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Government publishes full details of reform changes
20-Jun-2011
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DH redrawing failure regime to avoid up-front political battles
20-Jun-2011
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Patient and public involvement to be strengthened
20-Jun-2011
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Government losing its way over reforms - CBI boss
17-Jun-2011
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Health Bill to be sent back to committee
17-Jun-2011
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Steve Field warns of clinicians' concerns over health reforms
16-Jun-2011
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Commissioning board shouldn’t become ‘greatest quango’ – Nicholson
16-Jun-2011
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Nicholson: I feared Lansley’s competition rules
16-Jun-2011
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Alan Milburn hits out at NHS reform 'car crash'
16-Jun-2011
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Consortia rebrand required to 'clearly link' with locality
16 June 2011
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On dodgy ground: much needed NHS estate works are being held up by the Health Bill's progress
16 June 2011
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The government shouldn't simply leave the past behind
16 June 2011
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Fears raised over two-tier commissioning system
15-Jun-2011
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Brakes on competition draw private sector complaints
14-Jun-2011
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NHS Partners Network criticises independent sector support in government response
14-Jun-2011
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Government introduces string of requirements for new-look consortia
14-Jun-2011
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Cameron backs Lansley's handling of reforms
14-Jun-2011
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Coalition reform agreement sees deadlines extended and relaxed
14-Jun-2011
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Government to scrap 2014 'drop dead' deadline for foundation trust status
14-Jun-2011
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Monitor's role to be softened in bid to quell competition fears
14-Jun-2011
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Government accepts 'core' Future Forum proposals
14-Jun-2011
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Cameron: parts of Health Bill to be recommitted
14-Jun-2011
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In full: government responds to NHS Future Forum
14-Jun-2011
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Beefed up health and wellbeing boards extend council powers
14-Jun-2011
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Government scraps 'pipeline' deadline to become a foundation trust
14-Jun-2011
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Exclusive: ministers set to overrule Future Forum
13-Jun-2011
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Consortia should have governing bodies, says Future Forum
13-Jun-2011
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Nuffield Trust responds to Future Forum report
13-Jun-2011
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Future Forum proposes to hand competition powers to Nicholson's commissioning board
13-Jun-2011
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Academy of Medical Royal Colleges responds to Future Forum report
13-Jun-2011
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Future Forum recommends dilution of Monitor role and public accountability for consortia
13-Jun-2011
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King’s Fund responds to the NHS Future Forum’s report
13-Jun-2011
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Reform responsibilities pose 'major' risk to NHS Sefton
13-Jun-2011
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Exclusive: re-written Health Bill will put competition panel on statutory footing
13-Jun-2011
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GPs don't think they are ready to commission, survey suggests
10-Jun-2011
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Health Bill could be sent back to MP committee
10-Jun-2011
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'The independent sector has a track record of serving patients extremely well'
9-Jun-2011
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Media Watch: elderly care abuse revelations dominate discussion
9 June 2011
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The government's failure to justify reform has left the public short of options
9 June 2011
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Royal College commissioning school receiving nearly £2m for GPs' training
8-Jun-2011
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Cameron handling of NHS a 'catalogue of broken promises' - Healey
8-Jun-2011
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Commissioning board to constrain consortia powers if 'not ready'
8-Jun-2011
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Exclusive: Future Forum to suggest 'pragmatic' solutions to deaneries crisis
8-Jun-2011
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Monitor duty to support integration of care
7-Jun-2011
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Exclusive: GP commissioning consortia boards must contain a doctor and nurse
7-Jun-2011
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PM pledge means no change on 18 week target
7-Jun-2011
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Cameron to outline 'personal guarantees' on NHS
7-Jun-2011
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Central reform principles are 'not controversial'
7-Jun-2011
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Lord Owen urges Lib Dems to quash Health Bill
6-Jun-2011
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PM to renew NHS reform drive
6-Jun-2011
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Fawcett makes sudden exit from General Healthcare
2-Jun-2011
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Lansley ready to modify reforms
2-Jun-2011
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Health and wellbeing boards 'lack real influence'
2 June 2011
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New guidance warns of higher bar for JSNAs
2 June 2011
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Noel Plumridge: parallel process in danger of doubling costs
2 June 2011
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Exclusive: SHAs may get further reprieve
31-May-2011
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South Central GPs back core Health Bill aims
27-May-2011
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Exclusive: government to publish second command paper
27-May-2011
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Exclusive: politicians 'grandstanding' on competition, says review chair
26-May-2011
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Exclusive: Clegg aide signals major delay to bill
26-May-2011
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Clegg: 'NHS managers will continue where GPs are not ready'
26-May-2011
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Information strategy could be delayed by listening exercise - Connelly
26 May 2011
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Media Watch: Health Bill pause doesn't halt continuing coverage
26 May 2011
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Michael White: bill opposition proving more than just yellow-bellied
26 May 2011
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Reforms face further delay and confusion, concedes Lansley
26 May 2011
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Head of UK's biggest private provider 'more excited than ever' about NHS reforms
25-May-2011
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'I'm more excited than ever about the healthcare marketplace'
25-May-2011
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NHS Wiltshire plans early transfer of public health to local council
24-May-2011
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Blood service looks set to remain in house
24-May-2011
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Government must remove barriers to integrated care, warns King's Fund
23-May-2011
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NHS incident reporting system to receive £3.7m injection
19-May-2011
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Surrey consortium petitions Lansley over handover legal hurdles
19-May-2011
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Private provider bosses confident of reform opportunities
19-May-2011
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Your humble servant: can you hear me, Andrew Lansley?
19 May 2011
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Worcestershire PCT chair criticises 'amateurs' driving reforms
18-May-2011
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NHS is undermanaged not overmanaged, finds major report
18-May-2011
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Lincolnshire PCT 'pauses' its board
13-May-2011
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Monitor chair sets out case for competition
12-May-2011
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Clinical networks to respond to competition fears
12-May-2011
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Government public health response held until July
12-May-2011
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General healthcare boss backs price competition
12 May 2011
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PCT clusters may survive as reform pressure builds
11-May-2011
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Consortia leads back health reforms
11-May-2011
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Mark Britnell: the NHS funding model is no longer 'resilient'
11-May-2011
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Lansley remains defiant over NHS reform
10-May-2011
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GPs outline 'serious concerns' in letter to Cameron
9-May-2011
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We will block reforms without concessions - Clegg
9-May-2011
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Exclusive: McKinsey called in to advise PM on NHS reforms
5-May-2011
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Patient care to suffer under reforms, CSP survey says
5-May-2011
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Passing judgement on Lansley's vision
5 May 2011
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Acute trusts' FT plans slip back a year
4-May-2011
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Exclusive: expert panel to advise prime minister on NHS
3-May-2011
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PM 'took GP's views out of context'
3-May-2011
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Are commissioners in it for the long haul?
28-Apr-2011
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Clegg rejects PR gimmick accusations
28-Apr-2011
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The barriers to achieving cost effective interventions
28 April 2011
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'Without evidence, the rhetorical reforms are irrelevant at best'
27-Apr-2011
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Tories accused over listening exercise timing
27-Apr-2011
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Field emphasises focus on secondary legislation for NHS reform tweaks
21-Apr-2011
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Cally Bann: the Big Society's 'Big Listen'
21-Apr-2011
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The debate on consortia governance requires sound principles, and hard evidence
21-Apr-2011
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DH plugs public health and pharma gaps on review panel
21 April 2011
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Is the NHS constitution still relevant in the new NHS landscape?
21 April 2011
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Chase Farm services decision faces further delays
19-Apr-2011
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Sheffield chief nurse joins NHS Future Forum
18-Apr-2011
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Hull PCT chief to sit on government 'listening exercise'
18-Apr-2011
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Cameron promises changes to NHS plans
18-Apr-2011
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This ‘natural break’ is an opportunity to develop a genuinely patient-centred NHS
14-Apr-2011
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Sir David will 'press on' with reform details
14-Apr-2011
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DH pharmacy consultation put on hold
14 April 2011
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Performance surplus hides the fact many trusts are facing critical finance problems
14 April 2011
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Reform goals hampered by political pause
14 April 2011
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'Listening exercise' review members announced
13-Apr-2011
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Reforms could be 'biggest disaster in history' of NHS
12-Apr-2011
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Clegg plays down aide quit threat
12-Apr-2011
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Confederation must be heard - Farrar
12-Apr-2011
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HSJ consortia development map
11-Apr-2011
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Clegg aide threatens to quit over reforms
11-Apr-2011
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Steve Field: Cameron listening exercise is for real
7-Apr-2011
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SHA abolition delayed by three months
7-Apr-2011
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Lord Howe: 'Unsustainable' NHS needs reforms
7-Apr-2011
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Health and wellbeing boards' powers in doubt
7 April 2011
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Health Bill amendments 'soften' competition rules
7 April 2011
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Is there really room for localism in the Big Healthy Society?
7 April 2011
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Health minister: GPs should press on with reforms
6-Apr-2011
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Government sets out four themes of listening exercise
6-Apr-2011
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Healey: government must drop part three of bill
6-Apr-2011
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Exclusive: Steve Field to front PM's 'listening exercise' advisory panel
6-Apr-2011
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Lewisham Healthcare Trust plans to submit FT bid in October
5-Apr-2011
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Committee's recommendations 'fit with policy', says leading GP
5-Apr-2011
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Halt NHS changes while debating bill, says Lord Owen
5-Apr-2011
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Health committee proposes strengthened 'commissioning authorities'
5-Apr-2011
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One month's delay to NHS reforms
5-Apr-2011
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Miliband attacks PM on NHS reform
4-Apr-2011
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Reforms forcing managers to choose between job and prison, Information Commissioner warns
1-Apr-2011
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Don't jump to conclusions on health bill changes, government source warns
1-Apr-2011
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Health workers step up cuts fight
1-Apr-2011
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Peer warns of upper house opposition to Health Bill
31-Mar-2011
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Government has not done enough to prevent price competition - Confed
31 March 2011
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Unite to parade coffin over 'death' of NHS
29-Mar-2011
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Lansley: reform criticisms 'not valid'
24-Mar-2011
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Lansley switches to 'any qualified provider'
24-Mar-2011
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Media watch: someone needs to get a grip on reforms
24 March 2011
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NHS reforms 'could lead to US-style system'
23-Mar-2011
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DH struggling to achieve consultant choice within deadline
17 March 2011
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Health Bill dissent 'destabilising' for NHS - Alliance chief
17 March 2011
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Labour tables amendments to planned Monitor role
17 March 2011
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'Life had really changed in the NHS, following the reforms of 2011'
17 March 2011
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Doctors give verdict on health reform
16-Mar-2011
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BMA votes against rejecting entire Health Bill
15-Mar-2011
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Rejecting Health Bill will weaken doctors' influence, warns BMA chair
15-Mar-2011
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Lib Dems rebuke leadership over NHS reforms
14-Mar-2011
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NHS reform vital to treating long-term conditions, says Lansley
14-Mar-2011
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'GPs run the risk of alienating themselves from their colleagues'
10 March 2011
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NHS faces reform challenges - Nuffield Trust
9-Mar-2011
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NHS reform is 'biggest broken promise'
9-Mar-2011
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Kent acute trusts propose merger
9-Mar-2011
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Reforms 'will turn clock back to the 1930s'
7-Mar-2011
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Book balancing managers' 'biggest challenge'
7-Mar-2011
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'Without a firm battle plan, consortia might find themselves neither here nor there'
3 March 2011
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First ambulance trusts achieve FT status
1-Mar-2011
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Burns: London A&Es may not be 'designated'
1-Mar-2011
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Cornwall PCT engages with public on NHS reform
28-Feb-2011
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Healey asks Lansley for clarity on price competition
24-Feb-2011
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Media Watch: letters from David Cameron
24 February 2011
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Reforms will break up NHS - Healey
21-Feb-2011
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Lansley U-turn on price competition
18-Feb-2011
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Bill Moyes: the reform agenda presents a massive opportunity
17 February 2011
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Cally Bann
17 February 2011
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FT governors calls for CQC quality assessment
17 February 2011
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Michael White: away from NHS reforms, healthcare problems - and solutions - still sound familiar
17 February 2011
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Real healthcare reform needs a new conceptual landscape
17 February 2011
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Lansley: Competition will protect commissioners from 'abusive relationships'
11-Feb-2011
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'It makes a welcome change to hear praise for NHS managers'
10 February 2011
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Local performance is the key to the future of the NHS
10 February 2011
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Noel Plumridge: saying the unsayable
10 February 2011
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Post-reform NHS is life, still, but not as we know it
10 February 2011
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DH: 20 trusts' futures in doubt
8-Feb-2011
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NHS reforms 'need patient voice'
8-Feb-2011
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Exclusive: Lib Dem MPs closer to opposition on health reform
4-Feb-2011
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Is a narrative for complex health reform impossible?
3 February 2011
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Media Watch: Cameron and Lansley spring into action
3 February 2011
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Michael White: opposition's political artillery fire rings hollow
3 February 2011
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Reforms are a 'new deal', PM tells GPs
3 February 2011
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Transition 'carefully designed and managed', says government
1-Feb-2011
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Reforms will destroy the NHS, claims Unite
1-Feb-2011
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60% of doctors 'disagree with reforms'
1-Feb-2011
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RCS warns quality of care could decline
1-Feb-2011
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Health Bill wins first Commons battle
1-Feb-2011
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Lansley insists 'risky' reforms are vital
31-Jan-2011
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Poll reveals public mistrust of reforms
31-Jan-2011
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Reforms are evolution not revolution, insists Cameron
31-Jan-2011
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The Health Bill - rising to the challenge
28-Jan-2011
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Central grip tightens under 'independence' bill
27-Jan-2011
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Media Watch: health bill reaction reiterates 'chorus of concern'
27 January 2011
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Michael White: like a civil war, the Health Bill has divided political families
27 January 2011
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Nicholson appointed to NCB to 'provide leadership and continuity'
27 January 2011
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Lansley: reforms will not see banker-style bonuses
26-Jan-2011
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Watch: Andrew Lansley at HSJ's 'Delivering a New Approach to Public Health' conference
25-Jan-2011
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Bill may open up bank lending market to NHS hospitals
25-Jan-2011
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Monitor may pay private providers more
25-Jan-2011
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The provider's essential guide to the Health Bill
25-Jan-2011
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The NHS might be being rewired, but its electricity runs to much the same effect
24-Jan-2011
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The commissioner's essential guide to the Health Bill
24-Jan-2011
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NHS reforms 'risk patient backlash'
21-Jan-2011
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Your essential guide to the Health Bill
21-Jan-2011
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Extent of health secretary's powers over NHS Commissioning Board 'surprising'
20-Jan-2011
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Tribunal to have responsibility for settling disputes over protected services
20-Jan-2011
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Bill paves way for consortia bail outs and risk sharing
20-Jan-2011
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Bill casts 'doubt' over Monitor's independence from health secretary
20-Jan-2011
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Private patient income cap ditching leaves FTs open to legal challenge
20-Jan-2011
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Department of Health: 'Staff may lose focus on patients during reforms'
20-Jan-2011
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Bill could lead to 'dilution' of pensions benefits
20-Jan-2011
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Health secretary to have extensive powers to 'prescribe' public health functions
20-Jan-2011
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Commissioning board given 'draconian' powers
20-Jan-2011
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Redundancy payouts to average £48,000
20 January 2011
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Health secretary to get powers to 'direct' Monitor
19-Jan-2011
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Public health directors in grip of health secretary
19-Jan-2011
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New freedoms set out for NHS foundation trusts
19-Jan-2011
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National board will hire consortia leads and guide pay
19-Jan-2011
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Health Bill maintains light touch on consortia
19-Jan-2011
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Small consortia will reduce savings, warns DH
19-Jan-2011
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FT oversight to move to DH bank
19-Jan-2011
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The Health and Social Care Bill 2011
19-Jan-2011
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'Evolutionary' Health and Social Care Bill launched
19-Jan-2011
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Make-up and duties of health and wellbeing boards revealed
19-Jan-2011
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Health secretary to get powers over commissioning board
19-Jan-2011
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Commissioning transition to cost £1.2bn
19-Jan-2011
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'Accountability in the NHS is a mess'
19-Jan-2011
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Michael White: ministers are puzzled by the BMA’s hostility
19-Jan-2011
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Private sector takeover not as imminent as some may have it
18-Jan-2011





