All Andy Burnham articles – Page 6
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NewsBurnham: Prime minister 'misleading public over NHS'
Andy Burnham to say that David Cameron was ‘not up front’ about his intentions for reform during the 2010 election campaign
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CommentBurnham's intervention panders to exaggerated fears
Labour man calls for a ‘proper NHS debate’
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NewsAround 180 CCGs bid for primary care co-commissioning
Bids to co-commission primary care have been submitted by around 180 of England’s 211 clinical commissioning groups, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsBurnham tackles reorganisation fear over Labour plans
Concern that Labour’s plans for integrated care would necessitate another NHS reorganisation will be tackled by shadow health secretary during the key note session at next week’s Commissioning Show.
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NewsPrivate sector debate is 'utterly toxic', says Hunt
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that the debate over the use of private providers in the NHS is “utterly toxic”, and that poor care is still unacceptable regardless of how it is provided.
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NewsPolitical consensus grows on merging health and social care budgets
A political consensus is emerging in support of pooling all NHS and social care funding, with the idea now openly backed by both the shadow health secretary and his Liberal Democrat counterpart.
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CommentMichael White: Stephen Dorrell's exit is a puzzle
Who will take the Tory grandee’s place as health committee chair?
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NewsBurnham: Mid Staffs is being used to drive privatisation
The government is using the Mid Staffordshire scandal to soften up the NHS for privatisation, the shadow health secretary has said
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NewsFour things we learnt at Confed
The main themes that emerged from the NHS Confederation annual conference
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NewsBetter care fund gives integration a 'bad name', says Burnham
The government’s better care fund is in danger of giving “integration a bad name” and of tipping the NHS over a financial cliff next year, Andy Burnham has said
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NewsExclusive: Labour inquiry finds 'evidence' for repealing Health Act
An inquiry chaired by an influential Labour MP has concluded that markets in healthcare increase inequalities and that the Health Act 2012 should be repealed.
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NewsBurnham: Health Act brings NHS under ‘full glare’ of competition rules
Andy Burnham believes repealing the Health Act 2012 would insulate the NHS from the effect of EU procurement and competition law, he has told HSJ.
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NewsBurnham: CCGs should not commission primary care
Labour has criticised NHS England’s plan to give clinical commissioning groups a role in commissioning primary care.
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CommentMichael White: Let go of 'command and control'
Jeremy Hunt can’t stop interfering in the health service
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CommentOldham is a holistic man with a holistic remedy for whole person care
The obvious choice for Andy Burnham’s report
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NewsBurnham warns on patient records
The government is failing to ensure that insurance companies will not be able to buy patient medical records through the controversial NHS data scheme, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
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NewsLabour review: councils must prove "readiness" to take on care of "frail" patients
A report commissioned by Labour on how to bring about integrated care has backed an evolutionary approach to giving health and wellbeing boards the lead role in planning local services.
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CommentHunt and Burnham are failing to tell their NHS story
Both are being restrained in the run-up to election