All Andy Burnham articles – Page 8
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NewsBurnham tells councils 'caveats' will be placed on health role
The shadow health secretary has warned councils would not be given “free rein” under his plan to put the lion’s share of NHS funding in local government’s hands.
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NewsLabour to force vote on CCG allocations
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has pledged to force a vote in Parliament over plans to redistribute clinical commissioning group funding on the basis of age.
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NewsLabour moots free social care for all
Labour is considering a radical plan to make social care free at the point of need and funded through taxation, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
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CommentBurnham's survival is the key move in the reshuffle
Shadow health secretary will be an important player in next election
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NewsLegal threat over Burnham 'cover-up' claims
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has been threatened with potential legal action by Labour in a dramatic escalation of a row over claims of a “cover-up” of NHS care shortcomings.
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HSJ LocalLabour accused of hospital cover-up
The Department of Health under Labour tried to stop details emerging of a hospital scandal involving higher-than-normal death rates, emails have revealed.
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NewsFurious row as ex-CQC chair angrily rebuts Hunt's speech claim
Full transcript of Baroness Young’s row with the health secretary
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NewsBurnham sets out plans for repeal of Health Act
Labour would force clinical commissioning groups to include a wider range of clinicians and reverse the increased private patient income cap, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has told HSJ.
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NewsPatients 'self-funding treatment'
Hospital patients are being allowed to pay for treatments that are no longer available for free, the shadow health secretary has claimed.
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CommentMichael White: Labour homes in on 'whole person care'
Reintegrating health and housing has been proposed
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NewsGP commissioning not accountable, says Burnham
The shadow health secretary has said he opposes “GP control or domination of commissioning” because it is not “accountable” and compromises “the public interest”.
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NewsBurnham: NHS 'hearts and minds' behind my integration plan
NHS staff will back further reorganisation of the NHS by a Labour government because their “hearts and minds” are behind the party’s plans for integration of the health and social care systems, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
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NewsA&E departments 'could reach breaking point'
The prime minister has been accused of leaving accident and emergency departments on the “brink of a serious crisis” as a series of surveys reveal the concerns of patients, nurses and health service leaders.
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NewsNHS spends £1.4bn on redundancy pay-offs
Ministers have been accused of wasting £1.4bn of NHS funding on redundancy pay-offs.
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CommentMichael White: Burnham thinks big
The shadow health secretary wants Labour to have clear, gimmick free policies
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CommentMichael White: profound questions about booze and fags
It is too easy to cry “outrage” over packaging and prices
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CommentMichael White: the NHS's birthday presents
As a 65 year old, the NHS should also have someone caring for it
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