All Labour policy articles – Page 2
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NewsTrusts face ‘litigation spike’ because of Labour’s planned reforms
Labour’s employment law reforms could trigger a “spike in litigation” against trusts and create other significant challenges for managers and HR teams, senior lawyers have warned.
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CommentLabour promised an HIV plan by October, this is what it should contain
To achieve zero HIV transmissions by 2030, improving equity of access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis must be central to Labour’s action plan, writes Dr Vanessa Apea
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CommentHow Labour can end the eye care crisis
Professor Ben Burton outlines the steps that the new Labour government can take to address the challenges in ophthalmology.
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News‘Huge emotional toll on managers’ from employment tribunal delays
Managers and staff are suffering a “huge emotional toll” — while trusts are facing extra costs — due to very long delays to hold employment tribunals, HSJ has been told.
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NewsNew 10-year health plan due next spring
The government is aiming to complete its 10-year plan for health services around next spring, HSJ understands.
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NewsTwo experts join DHSC to lead 10-year reform plan
Two health policy experts are joining government to help draw up a 10-year plan for health.
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NewsGovernment must ‘direct officials’ to prioritise prevention, says ex-minister
Ministers must be “a lot stronger in directing officials” to prioritise prevention in health spending, a former Conservative health minister has said.
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NewsLabour U-turns on pension tax after ‘NHS exodus’ threat
Labour has U-turned on plans to reintroduce the pensions lifetime allowance, which the British Medical Association said would have triggered an “exodus” of senior clinicians.
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CommentCrack teams to get spin backlog under control
As election fever intensifies, the Labour leadership has set out a clear and detailed plan to save the NHS, writes Julian Patterson
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NewsFTs and ICBs want me to abolish each other, says Streeting
Wes Streeting would seek to resolve the “tension” between foundation trusts and integrated care boards if he becomes health and social care secretary, he has said.
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CommentLabour need to think big on primary and community care
Blair and Brown missed the opportunity to think big despite winning a mandate for change. Nearly 30 years on, healthcare can’t afford history to repeat itself, writes Adam Sampson, chief executive of the Association of Optometrists
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CommentA Labour government will need unpopular solutions
The solutions an incoming Labour government would need to bring to bear on the NHS would be challenging, counterintuitive, and often unpopular, say Richard Bourne and Professor Steve Iliffe.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: What the DHSC restructure means
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Revamping ICB ratings
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: HSJ’s predictions for 2024
In our final episode of the year, we make our predictions for what 2024 could hold for the NHS, including the first integrated care system merger, how the strikes will pan out and manager regulation.
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NewsLabour would delay and review capital projects, says Starmer
More capital delays to key NHS projects could be on the horizon under a Labour government, it has emerged, as Sir Keir Starmer unveiled his plan for the health service.
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NewsLabour pledges to cut heart and stroke deaths by a quarter
The first target of Labour’s promised 10-year plan for the NHS will be unveiled today by leader Sir Keir Starmer.
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NewsStreeting ‘would not look over NHS England chief’s shoulder’
Wes Streeting has said he would ‘not look over NHS England’s shoulder’ if he became health and social care secretary, calling for ‘clarity’ and a ‘healthier relationship’ between the government and NHSE.
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NewsBig expansion of nurse and doctor training planned by Labour
Labour would use revenue from reversal of the abolition of the 45 per cent rate of income tax to fund “one of the largest NHS workforce expansions in history,” the shadow chancellor has announced.
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NewsLabour would ‘pool’ health and social care budgets
Health and social care budgets would be pooled together under a Labour government in a bid to boost NHS integration, the shadow health secretary has said.