All Andrew Lansley articles – Page 18
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NewsAudits of clinical outcomes to cover new areas
Plans to extend the monitoring of the results of healthcare in the NHS have been set out by health secretary Andrew Lansley.
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NewsPersonal budget holders need more information, says DH report
Patients given control of their own health budgets need more information about the size of their funds and how they can be spent, a Department of Health report has found.
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NewsMixed-sex ward breaches continue to improve
Mixed-sex accommodation rule breaches in NHS wards have decreased in the past month, newly released figure show.
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NewsGovernment: Mid Staffs inquiry may lead to another health bill
A letter from health minister Earl Howe to members of the House of Lords admits the government may need to bring forward another health bill in response to the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry.
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NewsExclusive: government defending 'autonomy clause'
The government is resisting attempts to scrap the Health Bill’s so called “autonomy clause”, but close to offering a compromise amendment on the duties of the health secretary, HSJ understands.
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CommentMichael White: relief for supporters as Health Bill scrapes through Lords
Before this column embarks upon its weekly moan, it is worth looking at the NHS furore from a wider perspective.
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NewsProtection for whistleblowers to become constitutional right
Protection for NHS whistleblowers will be enshrined in the NHS constitution from next year, health secretary Andrew Lansley has announced.
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CommentMedia Watch: Lansley faces the flack after Question Time attack
Monday’s Daily Mail treated readers not only to “Cliff [Richard]: ‘why I’d consider euthanasia’” but a bumper column from Melanie Phillips on nursing.
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NewsNHS whistleblowers to get better protection
Greater protection for whistleblowers in the health service will be a kep part of a changed NHS Constitution, according to UK health secretary Andrew Lansley.
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Cameron and Lansley dragged into staffing dispute at Chipping Norton hospital
STRUCTURE: The prime minister and health secretary have been asked to intervene in a row over whether a hospital should continue to employ NHS staff.
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NewsNHS Commissioning Board chair announced
A barrister and academic who has advised government on genetically modified food has been named as the health secretary’s preferred candidate for chair of the NHS Commissioning Board.
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NewsLansley: 'honesty' needed to tackle obesity
People need to be honest with themselves about how much they eat and drink in order to tackle obesity, the government has said.
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NewsThirty trusts set to miss aspirational target for FT status
Nearly 30 trusts are unlikely to hit the government’s intended date for them to become foundation trusts, the National Audit Office has warned.
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NewsNew Labour competition reforms did not increase health inequalities
The pro-competition NHS reforms introduced over the past decade of Labour governments did not affect deprived communities’ access to healthcare, a York University study has found.
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NewsLords pass Health Bill at second reading
The House of Lords has voted through the government’s Health and Social Care Bill at its second reading, defeating motions to place sections under greater scrutiny or stop it in its tracks altogether.
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NewsLansley: QIPP savings £1bn lower than expected
The savings the NHS estimates it will need over the next four years are more than £1bn lower than the often-quoted £20bn target, the health secretary said this week.
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NewsPrime minister's Health Bill claims 'false', say doctors
The prime minister has been accused by leading doctors of making false claims about their level of support for the Health Bill.
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NewsLansley identifies 20 'unsustainable' trusts
The government has identified 20 trusts whose “clinical and financial stability is at risk” because of “cash-flow shortages” and legacy debt.
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NewsEarl Howe urges Lords to pass bill quickly
Ministers wrote to all peers this morning appealing for their support on the Health Bill after talks between Conservative and crossbench peers broke down.
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NewsMedics' calls to scrap reforms backed by high profile figures
Ministers are facing demands from more than 60 leading medical professionals to scrap or substantially rewrite the coalition government’s proposed NHS reforms.