All John Healey articles – Page 2
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NewsLabour tables amendments to planned Monitor role
Labour has put forward amendments to the Health Bill to remove Monitor’s planned powers as an enforcer of competition law.
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NewsDH ignored advice to cut children's acute top-ups
A report on the true cost of specialised care has provided fresh evidence that the government bowed to political pressure not to reduce funding to children’s acute services.
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NewsNHS reform is 'biggest broken promise'
The government’s NHS reforms are rapidly becoming prime minister David Cameron’s “biggest broken promise”, Labour’s shadow health secretary has said.
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NewsBook balancing managers' 'biggest challenge'
The need to save cash and balance the books is the biggest challenge facing NHS managers, according to a survey.
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NewsLansley fights back on competition
Andrew Lansley has replied to shadow health secretary John Healey attacking Labour’s record on competition and saying amendments to his bill would be tabled to make clear that there will be no price competition.
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NewsReforms 'may not give GPs freedom'
The government’s pledge to give GPs freedom over buying services for patients could be a hollow promise, according to doctors’ leaders.
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NewsHealey asks Lansley for clarity on price competition
Shadow health secretary John Healey has written to Andrew Lansley asking for clarity on price competition.
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NewsReforms will break up NHS - Healey
The health reforms being pushed through by the government will lead to the break-up of the NHS, Labour has warned.
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NewsLansley U-turn on price competition
The government has performed a significant U-turn on allowing price competition between NHS trusts and independent providers.
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NewsHealth Bill wins first Commons battle
The government’s health reforms passed their first hurdle in Parliament this week, despite continued criticism.
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NewsLansley insists 'risky' reforms are vital
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has said there was “risk” involved with his radical NHS reforms, but change was necessary to improve standards for patients.
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NewsLansley: reforms will not see banker-style bonuses
Health secretary Andrew Lansley today defended sweeping NHS reforms against claims that GPs would qualify for banker-style bonuses and private firms would win major contracts.
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NewsHealey appoints new adviser from NHS Confed
The NHS Confederation’s senior policy manager has been appointed as a special adviser to shadow health secretary John Healey.
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NewsLansley reassures over flu rise
The health secretary has said that the NHS is “coping well” with the severe weather and flu, despite a rise in consultations related to flu and an increase in deaths.
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NewsRise in intensive care beds occupied by flu patients
The number of flu cases being treated in critical care beds has increased by 66 per cent in the last week, according to figures released by the Department of Health.
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NewsDH U-turns on cash cut to children's hospitals
The Department of Health has dropped plans that would have seen a significant drop in funding for some specialist children’s hospitals, following political protest.
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NewsLetwin called in to scrutinise Lansley's plans
Cabinet minister Oliver Letwin is to re-examine Andrew Lansley’s plans for the NHS, prompting Labour to claim it is a sign of “how isolated the health secretary has become”.
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Comment'NHS cuts will come off a far fatter bird'
It won’t have changed your life much, but MPs have been squabbling for weeks now over the future size of the NHS budget under the coalition’s plans for the next five years. “Bigger or smaller?” critics demand to know. Yes or no, does it change anything?
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NewsHealey will ‘get stuck into’ broken promises on health
Shadow health secretary John Healey has spoken of his determination to expose the government’s “broken promises” on the NHS, in his first interview with the specialist health press since taking up the role.
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