All Ben Bradshaw articles – Page 3

  • News

    Party politics do not explain the facts

    2008-04-10T09:00:00Z

    In Michael White's column, the exchange between Conservative MP James Gray and health minister Ben Bradshaw was focused on the political context of changes to health services in Chippenham, writes Jeff James

  • Comment

    This week's lookey likey

    2008-04-08T16:42:23Z

    "On opening the 27 March issue of HSJ - I started at the back - [glad to hear it - End Game ed] I was surprised to see the picture of David Bowie - at first glance I thought it was Alan Johnson. Is it just me, or could ...

  • News

    Ambulance trusts still on target

    2008-04-07T14:49:00Z

    It is unreasonable to suggest that three-quarters of ambulance trusts look set to miss the new call connect target based on figures from before they are being measured against it, writes Ben Bradshaw

  • News

    DH knew commercial director was under investigation

    2008-01-31T09:00:00Z

    The Department of Health was aware its commercial director was being investigated over the alleged backdating of share options at the time of his appointment. And it emerged he is being given over £100,000 per year tax free by the government to pay for luxury London accommodation.

  • News

    Trusts contest figures for yearly management costs

    2008-01-24T09:00:00Z

    NHS trusts are spending up to 15 per cent of their annual income on management costs, according to Department of Health figures released this week.

  • News

    Care Quality Commission could threaten accountability, Monitor warns

    2008-01-17T09:00:00Z

    A new super-regulator will not provide any extra safeguards for patients and could lead to duplication, Monitor has warned.

  • Comment

    Ministers should heed warnings over accountability

    2008-01-17T09:00:00Z

    Wrangling over the precise remit of the forthcoming Care Quality Commission continues apace.

  • News

    Surplus-rich PCTs anxious of cuts in new allocations

    2007-11-29T09:00:00Z

    Surplus-rich primary care trusts have expressed fears that a one-year funding allocation signals greater financial turbulence ahead.

  • News

    GP access: experts question whether more practices will help

    2007-11-01T09:00:00Z

    The government has admitted it does not know how it will decide which areas need extra GP provision, almost two years after it first pledged to help under-doctored areas.

  • News

    DoH may pull private scanning schemes

    2007-10-11T09:00:00Z

    The Department of Health is reviewing plans to add private sector diagnostic capacity in five of its seven proposed schemes.

  • News

    Going off Ofcare

    2007-10-04T09:00:00Z

    Ministers are not keen on the proposed name for the new health and social care regulator, Ofcare.

  • News

    Councillors to join PCT boards

    2007-10-04T09:00:00Z

    Primary care trusts might be told to have local authority councillors on their boards, health minister Ben Bradshaw told delegates.

  • News

    Hamish calls for more cash

    2007-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The chairman of the British Medical Association has told a government minister that more money and staff will be needed to improve GP access. Dr Hamish Meldrum spoke out after Ben Bradshaw, the health minister with responsibility for primary care, said more GPs were needed in under doctored areas and ...

  • News

    Lib Dems: time to scrap PCTs

    2007-09-20T09:00:00Z

    Primary care trusts should be scrapped and replaced with elected local health boards, the Liberal Democrats have proposed.

  • Comment

    Michael White on politics

    2007-08-23T10:45:00Z

    'No-one blew the whistle hard enough when the new processes started looking flawed'

  • News

    Labour criticised over attitude to public health

    2001-04-05T00:00:00Z

    A supposedly key public health report published last week should have been released 18 months ago and will 'not set the heathers alight', a health expert claims.