All Labour articles – Page 34
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CommentAndy McKeon on NHS efficiency and pre-election sparring
The pre-election sparring has begun and the NHS will not escape some cuts. How tough things get will be a true test of how well money has been spent recently
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NewsTories need clear vision and a stronger message on health
The Conservatives have pronounced themselves the party of reform but are too wedded to the status quo. Andrew Haldenby argues they need to spend more energy advocating change
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NewsHealth check shows NHS is not focusing on quality - Andrew Lansley
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley said the annual health check showed there was not enough focus on improving quality in the NHS.
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CommentMichael White on Tory worries
I was slightly surprised this week to find myself trudging into expenses-gripped Westminster for the last parliamentary session before the election more troubled by the prospect of a new Conservative government than I was a week ago.
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Mental health FTs allowed to treat private patients, but rules face fundamental review
The government is to launch a rapid review of the foundation trust private patient income cap in the face of a judicial review of the policy by the trade union Unison.
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CommentAndrew Lansley on a Conservative recipe for NHS reform
Competition, choice and clinician power: the shadow health secretary lists the ingredients that he would use to make NHS outcomes the best in the world
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CommentMedia Watch: party conference season
Unsurprisingly with the party conference season in full swing, there is plenty of NHS politics in the papers this week.
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CommentMichael White on the Conservative conference
Even before I set out for the Conservative conference, a neighbour asked me how David Cameron plans to fund residential end of life care for a flat-rate insurance contribution of £8,000.
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NewsElderly care is set to be election battleground
The government and the Conservatives have offered the electorate competing schemes to care for elderly people.
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NewsFoundation trust de-authorisation rules 'window dressing'
A new regime for stripping failing NHS foundation trusts of their freedoms has been dismissed as “window dressing”.
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LeaderAndy Burnham’s ideas may be more about his future
Health secretary Andy Burnham has come under fire from two of his predecessors in two weeks.
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NewsCan the Conservatives mix cutting and caring?
Editor Richard Vize discusses whether the health policies of a Conservative government would deliver the right improvements for the NHS long after the applause of the voters has faded away
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LeaderSHAs face an uncertain destiny as political friends desert them
Are strategic health authorities staring into the abyss?
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NewsMinister delays foundation trust application
A hospital trust’s foundation application has been delayed by health minister Mike O’Brien in an unusual intervention in the authorisation process.
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NewsMonitor: foundation trust approval process ‘has saved NHS millions’
Foundation trust regulator Monitor claims it has saved the NHS millions of pounds by maintaining its high bar for approving providers for foundation status.
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CommentMichael White on NHS spending cuts
Gordon Brown’s belated admission of looming spending cuts unleashed a masochistic torrent of bid and counter-bid by leading politicians.
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NewsAndy Burnham warns NHS managers not to conduct 'mini spending reviews'
NHS managers must not conduct their own “mini spending reviews” in advance of political decisions about NHS funding, the health secretary has warned.
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NewsGovernment set to issue a five year spending plan for NHS
November’s pre-budget report could spell out the government’s health spending plans not just for the next 18 months but for the next five years, HSJ has been told.
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CommentJon Restell on NHS managers fighting back
The politics for managers in all four UK health services are tough, and the fiscal squeeze and a forthcoming general election make them tougher.
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News‘Unpopular NHS spending decisions should fall to PCTs’
Unpopular decisions about NHS spending should be made locally by primary care trusts, the Social Market Foundation said.