All Lib Dem policy articles – Page 2
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NewsExclusive: Mental health providers warn of further funding squeeze
Mental health trusts have complained their commissioners are disregarding national guidance requiring them to increase real terms spending on mental health in 2015-16 and help fund the delivery of new targets.
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NewsStevens: 'Mixed model' could see CCGs hand over powers
Simon Stevens favours a ‘mixed model’ of health economy accountability in which some clinical commissioning groups could delegate responsibilities to local authorities or providers of new care models, he has told HSJ.
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NewsSenior figures from three main parties back greater role for HWBs
Senior figures from the three main political parties have backed health and wellbeing boards as the main commissioners of integrated health and social care.
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NewsClegg: Moving away from block contract is biggest change in mental health
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has said beginning to shift mental health services away from block contracts could be the most significant change the government has made in the sector.
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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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NewsClegg pledges £8bn extra for the NHS by 2020
The Liberal Democrats have become the first major party to publicly commit to increasing NHS funding to levels recommended in the NHS Five Year Forward View – but the pledge depends on ongoing economic growth and the elimination of the budget deficit.
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CommentElection 2015: Party politics offer little new year cheer
Reality bites for political parties in 2015
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NewsMental health providers face finding £40m to meet new targets
At least half of the additional £80m investment pledged to mental health providers to help them deliver new access targets will come from existing budgets
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NewsExclusive: Tariff delayed amid wrangling over extra NHS funds
Publication of the 2015-16 ‘tariff’ prices for NHS services has been held back amid high level political discussions about the possibility of securing extra funding for health in the autumn statement, HSJ understands.
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CommentTalking dirty to the public
Being honest about NHS reform is a political taboo worth breaking
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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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NewsExclusive: Deputy prime minister puts faith in winter funding
Nick Clegg is pushing for next year’s NHS budget to be topped up with enough winter pressures funding to leave the service in a ‘healthy state’ for the next government
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CommentOur 'Cinderella service' steps into the limelight
Mental health rises belatedly to the top of the political agenda
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NewsFurther priorities for mental health waiting times revealed
Mental health trusts could be asked to hit a suite of new waiting time targets by 2020 at a cost of more than £130m a year.
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News'Dilnot style' commission on ageing society proposed
The Liberal Democrats have proposed to set up a ‘Dilnot style’ cross-party commission on how the NHS can meet the needs of an ageing society.
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NewsLib Dems call for 'equality of funding' for mental health
The Liberal Democrats have adopted a policy of moving to ‘equality of funding’ for mental health services – a pledge that, if enacted, would move around £13bn of funding into mental health from the acute sector.