All Andy Burnham articles – Page 3
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NewsUnison issues strike warning over unsocial hours pay
One of the largest NHS unions has issued a warning to the next government that it will ballot for strike action if ministers try to cut unsocial hours payments.
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LeaderNeither politics nor personality should throw the NHS's plan off course
A difficult balancing act
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Burnham: Social care will benefit from Labour's £2.5bn health cash boost
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham speaks to LGC following the launch of Labour’s manifesto
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NewsExclusive: Forward view leaves ‘big questions unanswered’, says Burnham
Andy Burnham has said the NHS Five Year Forward View left ‘many big questions unanswered’ and Labour would not be setting the health service ‘on the right path’ by adopting it without making ‘other fundamental changes’.
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NewsLabour launches NHS manifesto amid funding plans row with Tories
Labour has launched its health manifesto and accused the Conservatives of making ‘unfunded commitments’ after ministers pledged to invest significant extra funding into the NHS.
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NewsLabour's health policy: a rough guide
HSJ’s handy guide to Labour’s health policy development before the manifesto:
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NewsKing's Fund disputes Labour plan to exempt NHS from EU rules
Labour’s election proposal to make the NHS exempt from European Union procurement law cannot be implemented unless a future government curbs the independence of foundation trusts, the King’s Fund has said.
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NewsMorecambe Bay review: Hunt backs independent safety investigation unit
The health secretary has backed the establishment of an independent patient safety investigation unit similar to the Air Accidents Investigations Branch of the Department for Transport.
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CommentNot everyone’s united over Manchester health budget devolution
Chancellor’s ‘historic day’ raises questions
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NewsLord Hunt: CCGs to be advisers to HWBs
Clinical commissioning groups will ‘ultimately’ be reduced to an advisory role for health and wellbeing boards under a Labour government, according to a shadow health minister.
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NewsUpdated: Burnham warns Manchester plans could mean 'another reorganisation'
Shadow secretary Andy Burnham has warned plans to devolve £6bn of health and social care funding to Greater Manchester could mean “another reorganisation”.
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NewsMaking NICE guidelines mandatory ‘counterproductive’, says former chair
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s former chair Sir Michael Rawlins has criticised NHS commissioners for ‘poorly implementing’ the body’s guidelines but said making them mandatory would be ‘counterproductive’.
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LeaderPoliticians are still playing the blame game over whistleblowing
Neither side seems to note the irony
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NewsHunt calls for whistleblower protection 'on statute books' before election
The government will aim to get increased safeguards for NHS whistleblowers on to the statute books before the general election, Jeremy Hunt has said.
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CommentThe 10 year plan won't win Labour the keys to Number 10
Labour’s health strategy lacks flesh on the bones to tempt the electorate
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CommentGhosts of political past haunt the election run-up
Conservative and Labour grandees pipe up over their party’s policy directions
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CommentWhat we want from politicians is courage, stability and realism
NHS needs stability and realism from health policy
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CommentScottish Nationalist's posturing on 'privatisation' may backfire post-election
There’s fear the budget will be cut