All David Cameron articles – Page 10
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NewsPressure on Lansley grows as Lords scrutinise reforms
Health secretary Andrew Lansley will face yet more pressure over his controversial NHS reforms, with peers resuming their scrutiny of the legislation today.
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NewsRoyal College of GPs joins calls for Health Bill to be scrapped
The UK’s largest medical royal college has called for the prime minister to scrap the Health and Social Care Bill, branding it “damaging, unnecessary and expensive”.
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NewsPM responds to HSJ's criticisms of reforms
David Cameron has defended his government’s health reforms at prime minister’s question time from the criticisms set out in HSJ’s joint leader with Nursing Times and the BMJ.
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NewsTwo royal colleges declare opposition to Health Bill
The Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of Midwives have declared all out opposition to the government’s Health and Social Care Bill.
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NewsLabour: NHS patients will face 'worse deal'
NHS patients will get a “much worse deal” if the government’s health service reforms see NHS hospitals free to earn up to half of their income from private work, Labour has warned.
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NewsCameron demands improvements to frontline nursing 'red tape'
The prime minister has announced a series of moves to improve care standards and free nurses of “non-essential paperwork and excessive bureaucracy”.
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NewsExclusive: only half of CCGs will be ready - GP commissioning champion
Only half of clinical commissioning groups will be given full permission to take on budgets by April 2013 – creating a two-tier NHS – one of the most senior leaders of the movement has predicted.
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LeaderCameron is tending self-inflicted wounds
One thing is clear from the government response to the NHS Future Forum. Contrary to press reports, no “order” has been given to deliver “integration of health and social care”.
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NewsCameron to stand firm on spending cuts
The prime minister has said he would not bow to pressure to scale back austerity measures even if the UK economy does not soon show signs of recovery.
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NewsCameron announces 'Nursing Forum' review of care standards
Prime minister David Cameron has announced a “Nursing Forum” inquiry to address concerns about care standards and patient safety.
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NewsCameron 'set to back minimum alcohol price'
David Cameron will overrule Cabinet colleagues to push through plans setting a minimum price for alcohol, it has been reported.
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NewsReforms will cost £3.4bn - Burnham
The coalition government’s reforms of the NHS will cost nearly £3.4bn, Labour’s shadow health secretary has claimed.
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NewsCameron backs changes to GP sign off powers
The prime minister has backed calls for GPs to be stripped of their responsibility for signing people off work for long-term sickness.
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NewsMonitor examines FTs' patient guarantees loophole
Monitor has revealed it is examining a potential loophole that could allow foundation trusts to escape the patient guarantees laid out in the NHS constitution.
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NewsBurnham attacks coalition over 'catastrophic' NHS changes
Combining the biggest financial challenge in the NHS with the biggest re-organisation is a “catastrophic error of judgment”, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said yesterday as he attacked the government’s health reforms.
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HSJ Local
London's hospital trusts set to miss waiting time targets
PERFORMANCE: London’s hospital sector is on track to miss its inpatient waiting time targets because trusts “took their foot off the accelerator” after being told the targets would be scrapped.
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NewsMilitary veterans' care to get £15m investment
The prime minister David Cameron has promised investment of up to £15m to improve NHS care for injured British military veterans.
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NewsFrontline NHS services being cut - report
Frontline NHS services are being cut by health organisations striving to meet the government’s efficiency savings target, a newspaper investigation has claimed.
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HSJ Local
Cameron and Lansley dragged into staffing dispute at Chipping Norton hospital
STRUCTURE: The prime minister and health secretary have been asked to intervene in a row over whether a hospital should continue to employ NHS staff.
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NewsUnison 'will not campaign' against all reconfigurations
A senior Unison figure has revealed to HSJ that the union is prepared to accept some hospital reconfigurations.