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NewsElection 2015: The must read articles before polling day
The must read HSJ interviews, analyses, polls from the election campaign – and what might happen from 8 May
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CommentPoliticians must prioritise reform to close the NHS funding gap
It will prevent hardship in future
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CommentEnd Game: Library lols as health leaders slip up
An amusing election debate in a library reveals disparities within political parties, while magnets have the power to heal menopause symptoms
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HSJ daily digest: Exclusive election survey and tributes to patients' champion
HSJ’s daily digest of Tuesday’s significant developments for healthcare leaders
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NewsRevealed: 10 potential MPs to watch in health
Three candidates with experience of NHS management feature in a top 10 list of potential MPs to watch in health after the election.
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CommentWhy the Mail's 'NHS fat cats' story is so offensive
I was mightily offended by the Mail’s revelations
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NewsElection 2015: Where do the main parties agree on health?
With two weeks to go until the general election, the NHS is a top priority for voters, and all the main parties have set out their key health policy pledges in their manifestos.
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NewsLib Dems commit to increase NHS pay with inflation
The Liberal Democrats will make a commitment today to increase NHS pay at least in line with the rate inflation from the next financial year.
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NewsA week in NHS politics: health becomes election battleground
The NHS has been firmly established as a crucial election battleground, with all parties making flagship pledges about the future of the service. Here HSJ rounds up the key commitments, policies and developments, including from our exclusive interviews with Jeremy Hunt and Andy Burnham
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NewsLiberal Democrats commit to repeal competition elements of Health Act
The Liberal Democrats have criticised the role of competition in the health service, pledging to repeal parts of the Health Act 2012 and end the competition authority’s role in health.
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LeaderNeither politics nor personality should throw the NHS's plan off course
A difficult balancing act
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CommentSo far the campaign trail is lined with hollow promises
Wishful thining and acrimony from the parties
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NewsMake drug shortages ‘never events’, say MPs
The next government has been urged to treat patient incidents caused by avoidable shortages in prescription medicines as ‘never events’ by a group of MPs.
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NewsBudget round up: Chancellor outlines £1.25bn mental health package
Chancellor George Osborne today outlined how a £1.25bn mental health funding package will be spent over the next five years, as part of plans for the government’s next budget.
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NewsLib Dems pledge extra £250m a year for children's mental health
Nick Clegg has told the Liberal Democrats’ spring conference the government will spend an extra £250m a year for five years on child and adolescent mental health services.
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NewsExclusive: Lamb proposes single department for health and social care
Care minister Norman Lamb has told HSJ that he wants to create a single government department for health and social care by joining budgets at a national level.
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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 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.