All articles by Lyn Whitfield – Page 7
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Over to you
Ready to shape the future of the NHS? The government's 'national' consultation of staff and public has begun, and even those with misgivings are part of it. Lyn Whitfield reports
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Minister rejects Fritchie criticism of political fixing as 'anecdotal'
Junior health minister Gisela Stuart has indicated that the government is unwilling to accept a report by the commissioner for public appointments that concluded NHS boards have been 'politicised in a systematic way'.
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Milburn pledges new hospital grime-wave
NHS managers will be issued with 'explicit' guidelines on how to clean hospitals following health secretary Alan Milburn's pledge to crack down on grime.
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Three chairs for democracy
HSJ invited the four leading London mayoral hopefuls to debate health. Three couldn't stop agreeing with one another - but the fourth was a trifle late in putting his argument. Lyn Whitfield reports
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Strung along
The government's presentational handling of massive extra cash for the NHS has engendered wariness - and weariness - about its real intentions. Lyn Whitfield reports
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Who wants to be a billionaire?
The NHS has been given extra funding beyond its wildest dreams, but how will it be used to force through New Labour's modernisation crusade? Lyn Whitfield investigates
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Budget's £600m bonanza soured by claim of anti-bureauccrat spin
The government's decision to distribute £600m of Budget cash to the NHS with no strings attached has been warmly welcomed - but overshadowed by claims that the announcement was 'spun' into an 'anti-bureaucrat crusade'.
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Point of departure
Is Alan Milburn going to seize the opportunity presented by Sir Alan Langlands' resignation to bring frontline managers to the very top of the NHS? The policy rumours have been flying thick and fast this week, reports Lyn Whitfield
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BAT-man Clarke fights back in smuggling row
Former health secretary Kenneth Clarke has accused the health select committee of abusing parliamentary privilege in a session on tobacco smuggling.
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Variable interest
Given a government obsessed, some would say, with inspection in the NHS, what will the Audit Commission's future role in healthcare be? Lyn Whitfield reports
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Hitting the roof
An expected £17m saving turned out to be £5m, Sir Alan Langlands was forced to admit, as MPs quizzed him on a key PFI project. Lyn Whitfield was there
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Extra £90m to ease generic drug costs
The government has performed a partial U-turn in its policy on dealing with the knock-on effects of the spiralling cost of generic drugs.
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Union PFI report sparks trust ire
Carlisle Hospitals trust has reacted strongly to a report by opponents of the private finance initiative that claims its well-advanced project has 'worsened the trust's financial situation'.
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Roylance in plea for future of high-risk ops
The former chief executive of United Bristol Healthcare trust has appealed to the Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry to find a way of preventing similar tragedies without depriving high-risk patients of treatment.
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The buck stops where?
As the first phase of the inquiry into the Bristol heart babies scandal reaches its end, the emerging picture is more complex than first thought, writes Lyn Whitfield
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Langlands rebukes HFMA as DoH turns the screw on media
NHS chief executive Sir Alan Langlands has rebuked finance directors in the wake of a survey showing that the NHS is set to plunge into deficit this year.
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Publish and be damned
Release of a survey showing a likely £1bn NHS deficit brought the HFMA a sharp rebuke at its annual conference last week, reports Lyn Whitfield
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Roll over, Enthoven
The internal market in the NHS never really happened first time round, so it's time to give it another go, its champion tells Lyn Whitfield
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In tents experience
With an emphasis on 'positive well-being', the Dome's approach to health issues isn't rigorously intellectual. But the Tube link is superb. Lyn Whitfield reports
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Bristol spotlight moves on to care
More than 30 children who died after undergoing heart surgery in Bristol in the 1980s and early 1990s could have been saved, the Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry was told last week.