All Labour articles – Page 26
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NewsHealth Bill to be sent back to committee
The government’s proposed changes to the controversial health reforms will be sent back to a committee of MPs next week.
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NewsAlan Milburn hits out at NHS reform 'car crash'
Former health secretary Alan Milburn has branded the coalition’s watered down NHS reforms the “biggest car crash” in the service’s history.
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CommentThe government's failure to justify reform has left the public short of options
Huge strides have been taken to offer NHS patients a choice of different providers, but there is now a real chance of a backwards step under the coalition government, says management consultant Paul Corrigan.
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NewsCameron handling of NHS a 'catalogue of broken promises' - Healey
David Cameron was accused of breaking his promises on the NHS as he announced changes to the controversial package of reforms.
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NewsClegg denies NHS reform profit motive
Nick Clegg has insisted the government’s healthcare reforms did not amount to NHS privatisation.
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NewsHealth expert 'can appear before MPs' - DH
The Department of Health has denied stopping the expert leading a review of the controversial NHS reforms from appearing in front of a Commons committee.
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NewsLansley remains defiant over NHS reform
Andrew Lansley has refused to abandon the “principles” of his NHS reforms as he fights mounting political pressure over the radical shake-up proposed in the Health Bill.
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NewsLeading MPs fail to find anything positive in NHS reforms
The chair of the influential Public Accounts Committee has said the cross-party group of MPs struggled to find anything positive in the government’s NHS reform plan
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News£300m bill for social care services transfer
Transferring social care from councils to the NHS could cost more than £300m, according to the organisation representing Scotland’s 32 councils.
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CommentIs the NHS constitution still relevant in the new NHS landscape?
Since the government came to power and the health secretary announced sweeping reforms to the NHS, there seems to have been little focus on the NHS constitution. Gerard Hanratty, partner at healthcare law firm Capsticks, weighs up what may happen to it under the coalition government.
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NewsReforms listening review 'not PR move'
The review of the government’s planned NHS reforms is not just a public relations move, the man in charge of evaluating choice and competition in the health service has said.
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NewsTake fight to Tories, urges Clegg
Nick Clegg will urge Liberal Democrats to “take the fight” to the Tories in local elections on 5 May as he attempts to calm party fears over the impact of the national coalition.
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NewsMiliband attacks PM on NHS reform
Ed Miliband will seek to turn the screw on David Cameron over controversial NHS reforms today by accusing him of “betraying” Britain’s proudest institution.
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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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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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NewsLib Dem MPs oppose health reforms
Two Liberal Democrat MPs have piled pressure on health secretary Andrew Lansley’s NHS shake-up plans by backing a Commons motion urging caution against how the reforms are implemented.
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NewsCameron unveils privatisation drive
Almost all public services could be opened up to private companies under plans being put forward by prime minister David Cameron.
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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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CommentMichael White: somwhere to escape the cuts
Wherever you turn at present it’s hard to escape the government’s cuts programme. I confirmed that (again) when I rang my sister at the nursery-infant-and-parenting unit she has worked in for many years. Their budget has been slashed, redundancies loom. Should she volunteer to go, taking decades of experience with ...
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NewsDischarge delays questioned after patient deaths
Concerns have been raised after it emerged 93 patients died in one health authority area while waiting to be discharged from hospital.