All Labour articles – Page 7
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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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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Why NHS pain will follow Truss’ economic chaos
With warnings the public sector could be forced to bear the brunt of last week’s tax cuts, we discuss the dire impact this will have on the NHS’ finances, its ability to retain staff and deal with the covid backlog.
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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.
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CommentWhat Javid’s speech was really about
Built as a big reform speech, Sajid Javid’s recent speech widely left health policy commentators, who follow such reform talk closely, frustrated, bemused, underwhelmed or all three, writes Richard Sloggett
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HSJ LocalEast Midlands trust appoints former MP as new chair
Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust has appointed a former Labour MP as its new chair.
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NewsJavid may drop power to block unpopular service change
Sajid Javid is considering scrapping or watering down plans to give him power over local service changes, in response to concerns from the service, but is expected to plough on with other controversial proposals in the Health and Care Bill, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: New health bill ‘more combustible’ than Lansley’s
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior correspondent Sharon Brennan.
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CommentLetter from Scotland: A more generous social care system
In his regular dispatch from north of the border Henry Anderson discusses the obstacles to the pledge of making social care free at the point of use in Scotland
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NewsEx-health minister to chair trust
A former public health minister has been appointed chair of a mental health trust.
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NewsHSJ100: Exclusions
Based on the results of the last 15 years, we have drawn up an exclusion list of leaders who were certain to be part of our list, allowing a deeper dive beyond them
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CommentA difficult balancing act lies ahead for Matt Hancock
About to complete two years at the DHSC this week, Matt Hancock’s in-tray for the third year looks particularly challenging in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, writes Richard Sloggett
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HSJ PartnersNHS staff online booking for covid-19 antibody tests
There is a growing need from hospital trusts and community providers to deploy a fast, secure, online booking solution enabling all staff to book a covid-19 antibody test. By Lloyd Price
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CommentHealth got the headlines, but it’s still the economy that matters
The focus and measures of success of both the government and the healthcare system are becoming ever more intertwined, points out Michael Wood
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Comment‘Cash for scrutiny’ is new government’s deal for the NHS
The new Conservative government under Boris Johnson will put the NHS under greater scrutiny, as they provide more cash, says its former adviser Richard Sloggett.
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LeaderNobody really knows how this Labour party would run the NHS
Although discussion of the NHS has dominated much of the election debate, there has been little scrutiny of how Labour would run the NHS. The party’s focus has been on attacking the Tory record, making spending pledges and raising the existential fear that the service is “for sale” to Donald ...
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NewsLabour plans ‘democratically accountable’ integrated care systems
Integrated care systems would become “democratically accountable” under a Labour government, shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth has told HSJ.
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CommentThe parties’ dividing lines on health and care
There is some surprising agreement amongst the three major English parties when it comes to the NHS. But once you move away from the core of acute and primary care there are stark differences too, argues Sally Warren.
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CommentWhy NHS drugs should be ‘on the table’ in trade talks
If patients are to benefit from the most advanced treatments, pharmaceuticals must be on the table in UK trade talks, says Tony Hockley.