All Conservatives articles – Page 16
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NewsGovernment green lights first provider competition plans
Patients will be given a choice of providers for mental health and community NHS services, the government has announced.
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MP criticises infrastructure investment at Suffolk PCT
PERFORMANCE: A local MP has criticised NHS Suffolk over patients being treated in temporary buildings at a GP practice in Suffolk.
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NewsMinister sets out OFT's role in hospital mergers
The Office of Fair Trading will consider most foundation trust mergers under the terms of the Health Bill, it has emerged.
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NewsHealth Bill to be sent back to committee
The government’s proposed changes to the controversial health reforms will be sent back to a committee of MPs next week.
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NewsCrucial report on NHS reforms released today
Recommendations on how best to amend the government’s reform plans for the NHS are to be unveiled later today.
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NewsHealth Bill could be sent back to MP committee
The proposed health service reforms could be sent back to a committee of MPs, a senior government minister has confirmed.
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NewsCameron handling of NHS a 'catalogue of broken promises' - Healey
David Cameron was accused of breaking his promises on the NHS as he announced changes to the controversial package of reforms.
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NewsLord Owen urges Lib Dems to quash Health Bill
SDP founder Lord Owen has called on Liberal Democrat MPs to vote down the government’s NHS reforms, even if they are substantially changed.
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NewsPM to renew NHS reform drive
David Cameron will launch a fresh bid to shore up support for the health service reforms this week, as a political showdown looms over the controversial set of changes.
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NewsConservative MP calls for reform 'red lines'
Conservative MPs are being urged to oppose changes that deputy prime minister Nick Clegg wants to make to the government’s plans for NHS reforms.
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NewsReforms face further delay and confusion, concedes Lansley
The health secretary has admitted his NHS reform bill might have to return to committee stage in the Commons – leading to warnings of further delay and uncertainty.
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Comment'I'm more excited than ever about the healthcare marketplace'
Competition on everything including price is not only the most practical solution to the growing pressures facing the NHS, it is also virtually inevitable, according to the chief executive of the UK’s largest private healthcare provider.
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NewsFast-tracked treatment for armed forces to be law
Commissioners face further pressure not to restrict treatments following a move to enshrine in law preferential access to care for the armed forces.
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NewsLansley reveals his struggle over father's NHS treatment
Andrew Lansley last night revealed his personal difficulties navigating the NHS’s palliative care services when his father died last year.
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NewsMORI poll shows confidence in NHS 'eroded'
Public confidence in the NHS has shown “signs of erosion” since the government’s reforms were proposed, according to a poll for the Department of Health.
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CommentMichael White: mixed-market debate feels like déjà vu all over again
“John Redwood is right” is not a sentence I try to utter very often. The Tory right winger is brainy and high minded, but he places too much faith in markets and lacks political sense.
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NewsCameron committed to coalition ahead of NHS backlash
David Cameron stressed his commitment to the coalition as ministers prepared to debate face-to-face across the Cabinet table today, amid significantly heightened tensions between the Westminster government partners.
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NewsLansley remains defiant over NHS reform
Andrew Lansley has refused to abandon the “principles” of his NHS reforms as he fights mounting political pressure over the radical shake-up proposed in the Health Bill.
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NewsLib Dems to demand coalition concessions on NHS
Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes has indicated that the party will demand concessions on issues like NHS reform and immigration in retaliation for the Conservative conduct of the campaign against electoral reform.
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NewsTories accused over listening exercise timing
Health secretary Andrew Lansley’s promise to “pause and listen” to concerns over his planned NHS shake-up were dismissed as a smokescreen to protect the coalition from an electoral backlash in the run-up to next month’s polls.