All Policy articles – Page 145
-
NewsHealth Bill analysis: Lords likely to win policy shifts
Key areas of policy will come under scrutiny as the Health Bill faces its critics in the House of Lords. HSJ analyses likely changes.
-
NewsBurnham moves back to health in shadow cabinet reshuffle
Andy Burnham has been confirmed as John Healey’s replacement as shadow health secretary.
-
NewsJohn Healey steps down as shadow health secretary
Shadow health secretary John Healey has resigned from the shadow cabinet, HSJ has learned.
-
NewsLansley's 'shining example' forced to deny rationing claims
A social enterprise held up as a “shining example” by Andrew Lansley has been accused of “rationing” physiotherapy services through its use of the flagship any qualified provider policy.
-
NewsPublic health engagement group to steer DH policy
An engagement team has been set up to road test government policy on public health over the coming months.
-
NewsLansley: I have fought 'misinformation and misrepresentation' over reforms
The government has battled “misinterpretation, misinformation and misrepresentation” in its efforts to reform the NHS, health secretary Andrew Lansley told the Conservative party conference today.
-
NewsGovernment to oppose Lords move for extra Health Bill scrutiny
The government will strongly resist calls for large parts of its Health Bill to be referred to a select committee in the Lords – a move which would further frustrate its progress through Parliament – HSJ understands.
-
NewsPull bill now, public health doctors urge Lords
The government’s health reforms will do “irreparable harm” to the NHS, a group of public health doctors and specialists, including Sir Michael Marmot, have warned.
-
NewsGovernment sets out limits of Health Bill compromise
The government is prepared to compromise over how the Health Bill sets out the health secretary’s duties to ensure the NHS provides services, HSJ has been told.
-
NewsRCN agrees not to ballot over pensions immediately
The Royal College of Nursing has decided not to ballot members for industrial action for now, but has warned it could do so if pensions talks fail.
-
NewsThird of CCGs reluctant to become statutory bodies, PM warned
The prime minister and health secretary have been warned that a third of clinical commissioning groups would rather not become statutory bodies because of the burden of bureaucracy involved.
-
NewsHealth Bill risks 'weakening ministerial accountability' - Lords committee
The Lords committee which reviews the constitutional implications of new legislation has said the Health Bill poses a risk that “individual ministerial responsibility to parliament will be diluted or that legal accountability to the courts will be fragmented”.
-
News'Medical tourism' warning over government cuts
The number of patients travelling abroad for medical treatment could rise significantly due to government cuts, a new report has suggested.
-
NewsHealthWatch faces further delays
The establishment of HealthWatch England may be further delayed due to the parliamentary timetable.
-
NewsExclusive: data security regulation 'should not increase'
The Health Bill is likely to be amended to clarify responsibility for data security, the chair of the national information governance board has told HSJ.
-
Comment'Healthcare history can help us transform elderly care today'
Looking back to the healthcare revolutions that helped transform practices in the past identifies the strength of ambition and passion that is needed to rescue modern day elderly care. But most importantly, it shows it is achievable, argues Mark Goldman.
-
News'Accelerated' demise of IT scheme needs clarity for involved businesses
IT professionals have called for clarity after the government announced an “acceleration” in the dismantling of the national IT scheme.
-
News
Commissioning support costs for CCGs emerging with variations
Indications have emerged of planned expenditure on commissioning support. London primary care trusts are predicting costs of £16 per head of population – £5 more than their counterparts in Coventry and Warwickshire, HSJ has learned.
-
NewsFinancial challenge facing NHS is 'unprecedented' - Farrar
The “unprecedented financial challenge” facing the NHS that may force service cuts and reductions in the numbers of hospital beds, the NHS Confederation chief executive has said.
-
NewsBusinesses call for Osborne to dip into health budget if economy worsens
An influential business lobby group is calling for the Treasury to consider “dismantling” the ring fence protecting health spending if the economy has not improved “significantly” by the 2012 Budget.