All Labour articles – Page 3
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NewsStreeting ‘thinking deeply’ about overhauling NHS funding flows
The new government is “thinking deeply” about reforming NHS financial flows and incentives, Wes Streeting has said.
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NewsLabour will end NHS ‘custom’ of raiding dental budgets, says minister
Stephen Kinnock says dental contract is “absurd” and “dysfunctional” Poor-performing ICBs need to “up their game”, says senior dentist Expert says it is “custom and practice” for NHS to divert dentistry money elsewhere Every penny of dental funding will be spent once the Labour government has carried out ...
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Opening up the FDP
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsDarzi: NHS ‘unlikely’ to meet performance targets in five years
Labour is “unlikely” to meet its flagship manifesto commitment to restore the NHS’s constitutional waiting times during this parliamentary term, Lord Darzi has warned.
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NewsExclusive: Darzi will highlight underinvestment in NHS managers
The imminent review of NHS performance by Lord Ara Darzi will highlight the need to invest more in NHS management and leadership, HSJ understands.
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CommentWhat might ‘Starmerism’ mean for health and care?
Politicians must value and mobilise local community organisations to fill gaps left by cuts in services to improve health and social care, writes Sir Chris Ham
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Tumbling into a full-on row
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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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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Expert BriefingThe Download: Tony Blair’s digital health record proposal
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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CommentLabour’s inheritance on RTT waiting times
At the end of the last government, waiting times were bad but no longer getting worse.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Walking into a GP trap
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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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‘Business as usual’ declared for new hospital programme despite ministerial review
The New Hospital Programme is in “business as usual” mode and most of its projects will not face further delays, a source close to the programme has insisted, despite a government review announced today.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Will ministers rob primary care to pay primary care?
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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NewsStarmer appoints close aide as health adviser
The prime minister has appointed a close lieutenant as his senior adviser on health and social care.
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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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NewsAI could solve ‘disgraceful’ structural problems, says minister
Artificial intelligence could be used to figure out the causes of “disgraceful” structural problems like the higher rates of maternal mortality for black women, a minister told a conference yesterday.
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NewsNHS and social care ‘tripping over each other’ on staffing
The NHS should help social care recruit and retain nurses, including with better pay and conditions, particularly for new service models where care staff take on more health tasks.
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CommentWhy a focus on waiting time targets may neglect the poorest cancer patients
Naser Turabi explains how ensuring equitable access to cancer treatment is crucial.