All Conservatives articles – Page 13
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NewsCabinet ministers focus on delayed transfers ahead of election
Ministers across government are focusing on attempting to cut the rate of delayed transfers of care in a renewed effort to improve accident and emergency performance ahead of the general election.
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NewsHospital inspections in marginal seats could swing general election
Hospital inspections could play a role in deciding the outcome of next year’s general election, according to analysis shared exclusively with HSJ.
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CommentNo party should feel comfortable with their NHS position yet
None of the parties have had a decisive breakthrough
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NewsLabour 'still plans Health Act repeal'
Labour still intends to repeal the Health Act 2012 despite the shift in focus away from competition in the NHS Five Year Forward View, a shadow health minister has told HSJ.
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NewsWelsh NHS should elect health commissioners, Conservatives say
Elected health commissioners would be introduced to the Welsh NHS under a Conservative administration.
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NewsNew bailout conditions for struggling trusts outlined
The government plans to attach new conditions to bailouts for financially struggling trusts, a health minister has revealed.
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NewsHunt commissions independent study into GP capacity
The health secretary has commissioned Health Education England to conduct an area by area examination of general practice capacity
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NewsCameron: We will protect the NHS budget
The prime minister has announced at the Conservative Party conference that he would “protect the NHS budget and continue to invest more” in the next parliament
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CommentIrrational UKIP appeal puts pressure on the mainstream parties' NHS pledges
Voters are wary of the various NHS pledges
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NewsCameron promises weekend access and 'named GP'
The prime minister will today promise a Conservative government would give everyone access to a GP seven days a week by 2020, while announcing all patients will have a ‘named GP’ from April next year.
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CommentConservatives will only meet Labour's NHS pledge halfway
The Tories are under pressure to respond
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NewsExclusive poll: Public approval for government's NHS handling grows
The past three months have seen a strengthening of public approval for the government’s treatment of the NHS, an exclusive HSJ/FTI Consulting poll has found.
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CommentThe ‘NHS factor’ could clinch it for Scottish independence
Yes campaign is appealing to the national psyche
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CommentThe NHS is a campaigning tool on both sides of the border
The service is a key topic in Scotland and England
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CommentCancer drug announcements must be backed up with action
There’s an element of pre-election tidying
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CommentElection 2015: Politicians need to get in step with the public's NHS love affair
The political debate rages on
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News'Safeguard our NHS' in trade deal
Most voters in key battleground constituencies want to see the NHS safeguarded from a new trade deal which campaigners claim threatens privatisation of health services, according to a new survey.
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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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CommentElection 2015: Let GPs set up 'free school' style clinics
Free clinics would raise primary care standards