All Conservative policy articles – Page 13
-
News
Junior doctors told they must negotiate new contract
The chief executive of NHS Employers has warned the British Medical Association ‘there is no alternative’ to negotiation over a new contract for junior doctors.
-
Leader
David Cameron’s second attempt to reform the NHS will be built on firmer foundations
Hunt has proved effective
-
News
What does it mean for the NHS? Five takes on the election outcome
With the Conservative Party confounding polls and expectations to win a majority in the Commons, many will already be working to revise their expectations of what the next five years might hold for the health service.
-
News
Labour and Tories promise to block reconfiguration plans
Senior Labour and Conservative health figures have committed to blocking reconfiguration plans if their party wins the general election.
-
News
Exclusive: Trusts struggle to achieve weekend standards during weekdays
Hospitals in the East Midlands are struggling to meet new clinical standards for seven day services even during normal weekday hours, according to a region-wide analysis.
-
Comment
NHS funding and politics: the public’s trust is not for sale
Will the parties’ spending pledges sway votes?
-
Comment
Call it 'weaponisation' or just plain politics, but Labour is winning on health
Election poll results
-
Comment
A TV election debate that reminded us of the 'better angels of our nature'
A sensible pre-election TV debate
-
News
Election survey: How popular are the parties' flagship health policies?
Our exclusive pre-election poll tested the popularity of a series of key health policy pledges from across the political spectrum.
-
News
Exclusive poll: Tory cash pledge fails to cut through
Voters believe Labour is the party most likely to give the NHS the money it needs over the next five years, even though the Conservatives have promised more cash for the service in the next Parliament.
-
News
Election 2015: Where do the main parties agree on health?
With two weeks to go until the general election, the NHS is a top priority for voters, and all the main parties have set out their key health policy pledges in their manifestos.
-
News
More CCGs tendering services due to fear over competition rules
More than 40 per cent of commissioners say their organisations are inviting competition for NHS services due solely to their concerns about controversial competition rules, an HSJ survey has found.
-
Comment
Main manifestos: Certainty is lacking in post-election prospects
Manifestos mask a need for pressure relief
-
News
Hunt: Seven day NHS may be cheapest way to meet rising demand
The Conservatives’ plan to extend weekend working would help the NHS meet rising demand for operations, rather than being an additional cost pressure, the health secretary has argued.
-
News
Exclusive: Social care will benefit from £8bn NHS boost, says Hunt
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has told HSJ the better care fund should be ‘accelerated and extended’, helping the social care sector to benefit from increased spending promised for the NHS.
-
Comment
Who will pay for all these vague election promises?
Big numbers being bandied about may come back to bite us
-
News
Conservatives pledge to fund forward view in election manifesto
The Conservative Party has firmly backed the NHS Five Year Forward View in its election manifesto. It includes an explicit commitment to spend at least an extra £8bn a year on the NHS, over and above inflation, by 2020.
-
Comment
Health gambles could swing the election
NHS spending promises could turn the tables on the two main parties
-
News
Conservatives confirm extra £8bn for NHS in manifesto pledge
The Conservatives’ election manifesto will commit to a “minimum real terms increase in NHS funding of £8bn” by 2020 which they say is a firm promise to fund the NHS Five Year Forward View.