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NewsConfederation must be heard - Farrar
The NHS Confederation must make its voice heard during the listening period for the Health Bill, the body’s new chief executive has said.
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Front line 'must be NHS priority'
Health minister Simon Burns has insisted that the NHS must make frontline services a “priority” as new figures were released by a union showing clinical staff accounting for half of planned job losses in the health service.
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NewsClegg aide threatens to quit over reforms
One of Nick Clegg’s closest allies has threatened to quit unless the government slows down the pace of its controversial NHS reforms.
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NewsLord Howe: 'Unsustainable' NHS needs reforms
The government’s modernisation plans are necessary if the NHS is to survive, Lord Howe has said.
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CommentIs there really room for localism in the Big Healthy Society?
As the centre slowly learns to let go, three bills will shape the future relationship between local and central government, writes Local Government Group’s Rob Whiteman.
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NewsHealth Bill amendments 'soften' competition rules
Government amendments to the Health Bill made during the committee stage have further “softened” rules aimed at encouraging competition, according to legal analysis for HSJ.
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NewsAny qualified provider will 'open up' IT market - Lansley
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has pledged to open up the NHS IT market to a wider range of suppliers, and said that he wants to put private providers under the same data reporting obligations as public organisations.
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LeaderWhy Andrew Lansley should stay - and why he might go
Andrew Lansley must go. That is the demand of many of the opponents of the government’s health reforms. They are wrong.
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NewsHealth committee proposes strengthened 'commissioning authorities'
MPs have proposed major amendments to the Health Bill to increase the accountability of commissioning organisations.
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NewsMiliband attacks PM on NHS reform
Ed Miliband will seek to turn the screw on David Cameron over controversial NHS reforms today by accusing him of “betraying” Britain’s proudest institution.
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NewsDon't jump to conclusions on health bill changes, government source warns
A senior government figure has told HSJ that Monitor’s duty to promote competition and the accountability of GP consortia are being scrutinised in discussions over bill amendments.
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NewsExclusive: government rebrands NHS reforms
The government is to embark on a major rebrand of its NHS reforms, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsPeer warns of upper house opposition to Health Bill
Government concessions over the Health Bill may be insufficient to dispel “profound disquiet” over the legislation in the House of Lords, which could significantly delay its passage, a senior peer has warned.
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NewsStaffing service hopes pensions proposals will attract private sector
NHS Professionals is in a stronger position to secure private sector investment thanks to moves to scrap pensions safeguards for staff outsourced from the NHS, the service’s departing chief executive has said.
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NewsAdvocacy groups requiring HealthWatch role assistance
Around one-third of the patients advocacy groups expected to become Local HealthWatch scrutiny teams need to up their game before taking on their new roles as part of the government’s health reforms, according to a health minister.
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NewsLansley outlines 'right to provide' social enterprise drive
NHS staff across the health service are to be given the right to set up their own organisations to provide and manage care for patients, health secretary Andrew Lansley has said.
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NewsBudget forecast sees Cameron's NHS pledge challenged
Prime minister David Cameron was accused of breaking the coalition’s pledge to increase funding for the National Health Service as soaring inflation threatened to undermine the government’s spending plans.
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NewsLansley: reform criticisms 'not valid'
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has hit back at critics of his health reforms, saying some concerns were “not valid” and opposition from unions was “not necessarily representative” of the health professions.
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NewsLansley switches to 'any qualified provider'
Health secretary Andrew Lansley appears to have made a change in the rhetoric of the health reforms to further quell concerns over competition in the NHS.