All David Cameron articles – Page 18
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NewsBAMM welcomes David Cameron's plans for the NHS
Medical managers have welcomed Conservative leader David Cameron’s claim that a Tory-led NHS would see doctors and nurses become more involved in management.
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NewsDavid Cameron sets out Tory NHS vision
Conservative leader David Cameron has set out his party’s legislative proposals for the health service in a speech to the Royal College of Pathologists.
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NewsTories need clear vision and a stronger message on health
The Conservatives have pronounced themselves the party of reform but are too wedded to the status quo. Andrew Haldenby argues they need to spend more energy advocating change
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CommentMichael White on Tory worries
I was slightly surprised this week to find myself trudging into expenses-gripped Westminster for the last parliamentary session before the election more troubled by the prospect of a new Conservative government than I was a week ago.
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NewsLabour leads Tories over NHS
Voters still prefer Labour to the Conservatives where the NHS and public health are concerned, according to research by pollsters ICM.
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NewsFormer Tory health secretary calls for more 'sunlight' in Andrew Lansley's NHS vision
The most recent Conservative health secretary has said Andrew Lansley must articulate a clearer and more inspiring vision of the Conservatives’ plans for the health service.
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CommentMichael White on Labour policy
I had scarcely arrived in Brighton for Labour’s last pre-election conference than a succession of party veterans had pinned me to the nearest wall to explain why the party is doomed - or why it is not.
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NewsCan the Conservatives mix cutting and caring?
Editor Richard Vize discusses whether the health policies of a Conservative government would deliver the right improvements for the NHS long after the applause of the voters has faded away
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CommentSimon Stevens on Labour’s mistakes
Heat rather than light has been the main output of this summer’s transatlantic healthcare comparisons.
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CommentMichael White on the election battle
This week’s TUC conference signals the start of the political season, when the rhetorical volume gets turned up.
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CommentMichael White on NHS spending and the McKinsey report
As if last week wasn’t more than usually nightmare-ish enough for the NHS’s managerial officer class, with a convicted murderer’s birthmarks and the leaked McKinsey report providing only two of many horrid headlines, this week started with a fresh jolt.
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Comment'People, the NHS needs managers'
The media seized on HSJ’s scoop on the Department of Health-commissioned McKinsey report.
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NewsNHS boat scheme defended by council
A Hull councillor has defended a controversial NHS scheme that uses taxpayers’ money to train unemployed teenagers to sail boats.
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NewsTory linked to private health firm
A senior Conservative MP’s links to a private health company have prompted a fresh row over Tory leader David Cameron’s commitment to the NHS.
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CommentMedia Watch: nurses, hospital food and cricket
Last week nurses came under fire. All 300,000 of them were momentarily tarred with the same brush that had painted the 16 examples of poor care highlighted by the Patients Association last week.
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LeaderMcKinsey have plotted a course, NHS managers must lead through it
The report by consultancy McKinsey revealed in this week’s HSJ spells out the pain of cuts and change the NHS needs to endure to find £20bn of savings.
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News'Organic' reduction in PCTs under Tories
The number of primary care trusts in England could be significantly reduced under Conservative health plans, HSJ has learnt.
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CommentMedia Watch: sick leave row
The news that some of the health service’s most poorly paid staff get an “overly generous” deal while on sick leave during the recession was the focus of the media spotlight in some quarters this week.
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NewsDavid Cameron urged to clarify mental health plans
Conservative leader David Cameron is being urged to set out his position on mental health services, following its omission from a wide-ranging speech on NHS reform last week.
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NewsNHS row fails to dent Tory support
Labour has failed to capitalise on the NHS row that has sparked squabbles among the Conservative Party over the summer.