All Labour policy articles – Page 13
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CommentOur lives are in the cancer detectives’ hands
Helping GPs to hone their skill at identifying cancer early will go a long way to improving survival rates
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CommentAndrew Murrison on the military covenant
The British public is discerning. It may doubt the validity of UK involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan but gives the thumbs up to the means of its prosecution.
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NewsCall to slash Scotland's 22 health boards
It is “impossible to justify” Scotland’s 22 health boards, Labour has said.
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Comment'La La is throwing his limited political capital into reshuffling bureaucracy'
It’s all getting rather confusing with La La Lansley. Is he the mild mannered janitor who turns in to Hong Kong Phooey, or is he just the janitor for Stephen Dorrell?
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NewsShadow health team confirmed
The Labour Party has confirmed the ministerial responsibilities that will be covered by its shadow health team.
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CommentWhat was he thinking?
What’s that? Our former health boss, cheerful Alan Johnson, as shadow chancellor and Andy Burnham switched to the education brief, where he has been quick to condemn coalition plans to raise student tuition charges? What was Ed Miliband thinking?
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NewsShadow health secretary wastes no time in attacking NHS cuts
Newly appointed Labour shadow health secretary John Healey has targeted trust’s plans to cut accident and emergency, and maternity services in his first attack on the government.
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NewsEd Miliband signals tax rises to protect services
New Labour leader Ed Miliband has given his strongest signal yet that he would put up taxes in order to protect public services from spending cuts.
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NewsAndy Burnham accuses Cameron of NHS u-turn
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham accused prime minister David Cameron of a u-turn on NHS policy in his speech to the Labour party conference today.
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NewsLabour in the Health Hotel
The opposition gets a chance to hit back at health secretary Andrew Lansley’s plans for the NHS next week at the Labour Party conference in Manchester.
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CommentPublic health needs a long vigil
Public health must be protected from short term raids on its funding by acute services
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NewsHospital parking charges set to stay
Hopes that hospitals in England could be banned from charging patients for parking look set to be dashed, after ministers indicated the move appeared too expensive.
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CommentBlair watch
The most disappointing aspect of Tony Blair’s autobiography A Journey is not the lack of punctuation or fresh sex scandal, but that it pretty much confirms most of what you already knew.
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NewsAndy Burnham calls for higher taxes to pay deficit
Labour leadership candidate Andy Burnham has called for higher taxes to help pay off Britain’s record deficit.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow New Labour changed NHS management culture
Deep shifts in management team culture may be Labour’s most enduring legacy to the NHS, says Russell Mannion.
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NewsStudies back NHS competition and choice
Competition among NHS hospitals in England reduces death rates and decreases patients’ overall length of stay at no extra cost, researchers have found.
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NewsTrusts admit emergency patients at last minute
The number of patients dealt with in the last 20 minutes of the four hour accident and emergency target window has increased to more than 40 per cent, a group of emergency care doctors have found.
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NewsDH policies score poorly in national audit scrutiny
A number of Department of Health policies may have been implemented without adequate assessment of their need or likely impact, the government’s spending watchdog has found.
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NewsGovernment must heed restructuring lessons, says Confed
The government should be “held accountable” for the results of its plans to restructure the health service, the NHS Confederation has said.
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NewsMonitor chair wants FTs off public balance sheet
Foundation trusts should be freed from one of the shackles put in place during the Labour government’s internal battle over their creation, Monitor’s new chair has said.