All Andy Burnham articles – Page 9
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NewsLabour moves to kill off controversial competition regulations
Labour is calling on peers to reject controversial secondary legislation governing competition and the tendering of NHS services.
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CommentWe should all join Burnham's debate on integrated care
Key decisions on fusing health and social care cannot wait
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NewsA&E 'overstretched', says Labour
Hospital accident and emergency departments are overstretched and understaffed with patients forced to wait in ambulances just to gain admission, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
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CommentMichael White: Burnham's big leap
Burnham’s plans for the NHS finally embrace social care and its implications
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NewsUPDATE: Burnham says commissioning board 'couldn't carry on' under plan
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said the NHS Commissioning Board “couldn’t carry on” in its current form under his proposals to reshape health and social care.
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NewsBurnham plans £60bn NHS cash handover to councils
The vast majority of NHS funding would be handed to councils under radical proposals being developed by the shadow health secretary.
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LeaderBurnham’s radicalism resets care debate
Burnham proposes a system with more local democratic control
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CommentHunt's head is in the Risk Clouds
The health secretary has a novel way of dealing with his daily crises
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NewsCoalition set to announce care reforms
The government is to announce reforms to social care funding as a key part of its mid-term coalition relaunch this afternoon.
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NewsLabour demands 'honesty' on NHS
Labour has called on the government to provide “a bit of accountability and a bit of honesty” as it accused the coalition of presiding over a “cut” in NHS spending during its term in office.
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CommentMichael White: An old localism dilemma
How to square localism with the postcode lottery is a familiar problem
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CommentMichael White: Sir David doesn't blink
The NHS chief executive sails on like Captain Ahab in pursuit of Moby Dick
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CommentMichael White: MPs anxious to right a wrong
Ed Miliband made a rare leader’s speech on mental health
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NewsRow over 'pay cartel' reaches Parliament
MPs are due to debate the threat of regional pay to the NHS and the actions of the South West “pay cartel” this week, in a move designed to spark action from the government.
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CommentMichael White: temperatures rise in Edinburgh
Labour are asking tough questions about the affordability of Scotland’s healthcare
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CommentMichael White: the Savile fallout begins now
My tabloid friends insist Jimmy proved too cunning, too litigious, too famous to nail
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NewsBurnham vows to repeal Health Act
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has promised to repeal the controversial Health Act should Labour win the next election, scheduled for 2015.
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NewsNHS to double private patients - Burnham
Some NHS hospitals are planning to use new freedoms granted them by the coalition government to double the number of patients they treat privately this year, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has warned.