All Labour policy articles – Page 6
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NewsLabour plans 'accountable providers' for joined up health and social care
Labour plans to introduce an ‘accountable provider’ for frail older people under its 10 year plan for the NHS funded via a ‘year of care tariff’. This suggests a new role for trusts as lead providers of joined up health and care services.
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NewsOpposition pledges to shorten mental health waits
Labour’s 10 year NHS plan includes an ambition to deliver further guarantees for mental health patients to receive talking therapy.
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NewsLabour commits to independent NHS pay review process
A Labour government would draw up a new agreement with the NHS workforce including a commitment not to renege on staff pay recommendations, the party has promised.
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NewsLabour pledges new savings by cutting NHS 'bureaucracy'
Labour has pledged to target duplication and bureaucracy they say has been caused by the Health Act 2012, raising the prospect of organisational changes if they form the next governement.
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NewsLabour reveals 10 year plan for health and social care
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has confirmed he wants health and wellbeing boards to be accountable for new ‘year of care budgets’ which would cover the ‘health and social care needs’ of those ‘at the greatest risk of hospitalisation’, but added that the funds would ‘be paid to an NHS ...
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NewsBurnham attacks 'judgmental' restrictions on surgery for obese patients
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has attacked attempts by NHS commissioners to restrict routine surgery for overweight patients and smokers.
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Comment'NHS in crisis' hyperbole reaches fever pitch as election countdown begins
The election fuels the fire
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CommentElection 2015: Party politics offer little new year cheer
Reality bites for political parties in 2015
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NewsHospital inspections in marginal seats could swing general election
Hospital inspections could play a role in deciding the outcome of next year’s general election, according to analysis shared exclusively with HSJ.
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NewsBurnham: FT model reinforces hospital domination
The foundation trust model must be updated to prevent a hospital centred approach which could “perpetuates silos”, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
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NewsExclusive: Labour could make NICE guidance mandatory
A Labour government could reduce variation in access to drugs and procedures by making it mandatory for commissioners to follow NICE guidelines, Andy Burnham has revealed
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NewsBurnham sets out role for private providers in his NHS vision
Private health providers could play a significant role in providing NHS services under a Labour government, the shadow health secretary has suggested
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NewsCCGs to support health and wellbeing boards under Burnham vision
CCGs could be morphed into the operational arms of HWBs, which will take on the role of ‘signing off’ health plans, Andy Burnham has suggested
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LeaderBurnham fills in the blanks on 'reform without reorganisation'
Labour shadow outlines plans in an exclusive interview
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CommentNo party should feel comfortable with their NHS position yet
None of the parties have had a decisive breakthrough
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NewsLabour 'still plans Health Act repeal'
Labour still intends to repeal the Health Act 2012 despite the shift in focus away from competition in the NHS Five Year Forward View, a shadow health minister has told HSJ.
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CommentWe can be cautiously hopeful about NHS's forward view
Focus must remain on patient centred care