All Andy Burnham articles – Page 12
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NewsNHS managers asked to resign - Labour
Senior NHS figures have been sent letters asking for their resignation as part of the move towards controversial health reforms, Labour has revealed.
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NewsEmbrace NHS competition, Milburn tells Labour
Former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn has warned his successors in the party to back competition in the health service and adopt a more reformist outlook.
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NewsPatient data 'assurances' needed for private sector data sharing - Burnham
Government plans to give NHS patients’ details to private firms developing new drugs must give “assurance” that privacy safeguards will be in place.
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NewsReforms will cost £3.4bn - Burnham
The coalition government’s reforms of the NHS will cost nearly £3.4bn, Labour’s shadow health secretary has claimed.
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NewsBurnham attacks coalition over 'catastrophic' NHS changes
Combining the biggest financial challenge in the NHS with the biggest re-organisation is a “catastrophic error of judgment”, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said yesterday as he attacked the government’s health reforms.
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NewsReforms must change to 'mitigate damage' - BMA chair
The British Medical Association has said significant changes to NHS reforms are still required to “mitigate the damage” they will cause, as peers prepared to debate afresh the government proposals.
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NewsLansley plans increased spot checks to improve elderly care
Plans to “root out” problems in the care of older people will see hundreds of hospitals and care homes subject to higher numbers of unannounced checks.
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CommentMichael White: relief for supporters as Health Bill scrapes through Lords
Before this column embarks upon its weekly moan, it is worth looking at the NHS furore from a wider perspective.
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CommentMichael White: Burnham's return signals the start of a grudge match
Watching the Rugby World Cup I sometimes thought of John Healey, Labour’s health spokesman until Ed Miliband’s autumn reshuffle brought former secretary of state Andy Burnham back to tackle Andrew Lansley and his now notorious bill.
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CommentMedia Watch: calls to 'kill bill' go unheeded
On Monday the national press speculated on the fate of the Health Bill before its appearance in the Lords later in the week.
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NewsBurnham moves back to health in shadow cabinet reshuffle
Andy Burnham has been confirmed as John Healey’s replacement as shadow health secretary.
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NewsBurnham 'followed civil service advice' on Mid Staffs FT approval
Andy Burnham backed Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust’s bid for foundation trust status after looking at just four lines of civil service advice, the public inquiry has heard.
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NewsBurnham to face Mid Staffs inquiry
Former health secretary Andy Burnham will today give evidence to a public inquiry into appalling standards of care at an NHS trust accused of putting targets ahead of patient welfare.
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NewsMandarins and former ministers face the Mid Staffs inquiry
The public inquiry into the regulatory failures surrounding Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has resumed this morning for its final five weeks of hearing, with Sir David Nicholson just one of the senior Department of Health witnesses scheduled to give evidence this month.
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NewsYoung: I'll never work for government again after CQC woe
The former chair of the Care Quality Commission vowed never to work for government again after her experience at the regulator, the Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry has heard.
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NewsJoint pathology venture fairly awarded, CCP decides
A foundation trust did not breach competition principles in selecting a public/private partnership for its pathology services, the NHS market regulator has found.
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CommentMedia Watch: All eyes are on Lansley
Health secretary Andrew Lansley is not a politician to wilt in the face of criticism, which probably came in handy last week.
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NewsMid Staffs advised to shed some services
A report into the future clinical strategy of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has recommended it should no longer run a number of services.