All Andrew Lansley articles – Page 20
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CommentWill Lansley be red-faced after rubber-stamped reconfiguration in London?
By the time you read this there may have been news on a most contentious reconfiguration in the capital – namely whether the health secretary has found a way to rubber-stamp the downgrading of Chase Farm without losing face (which he has, just about - ed.).
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HSJ LocalChase Farm to remain open but loses A&E unit
STRUCTURE: The health secretary has rubber stamped plans to downgrade Chase Farm Hospital’s emergency department and take forward a possible merger with North Middlesex University Hospital Trust.
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NewsCommissioning board chair could work just four days a month
The chair of the NHS Commissioning Board will be expected to work as few as four days a month once the board is up and running, the new job specification reveals.
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Comment'If the reforms go wrong, the potential risk to public health huge'
Andrew Lansley’s new vision for public health must overcome tough tests if it is to grow into a healthy being, says Alan Maryon-Davis.
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NewsHouse of Commons votes through revised Health Bill
The government will turn its attention to getting the Health and Social Care Bill through the House of Lords after a Commons vote yesterday passed the heavily amended bill.
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NewsExclusive: GPs should seek legal advice over commissioning role - Gerada
Some GPs are already facing conflicts of interest due to the government’s commissioning reforms and should seek legal advice, Royal College of GPs chair Clare Gerada has told HSJ.
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NewsHealth Bill amendments could add 'political pressure' to reconfiguration decisions
Service reconfigurations following the failure of a foundation trust could be open to “political pressures” as a result of a proposed change to the Health Bill, lawyers and think tanks have warned.
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NewsReforms will curtail access to information, say campaigners
Public access to information may be “increasingly restricted” because NHS reforms could increase the involvement of independent providers, campaigners have warned.
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NewsBurnham to face Mid Staffs inquiry
Former health secretary Andy Burnham will today give evidence to a public inquiry into appalling standards of care at an NHS trust accused of putting targets ahead of patient welfare.
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NewsPoliticians block reforms - King’s Fund
Politicians “often act as a barrier” to essential NHS reforms, The King’s Fund has claimed.
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NewsReforms risk 'the end' of the NHS - Robinson
The health reforms will spell “the end of the NHS” unless it is seen through fully and decisively by central management, Sir Gerry Robinson has warned.
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Comment'It's time for managers to stand up and be counted'
In the battle against Whitehall maybe the NHS needs its own Arab Spring – led by managers, suggests Kieran Walshie.
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NewsHealth secretary to retain reconfiguration veto
The health secretary would largely retain his powers over service reconfigurations following amendments to the Health Bill - despite previous promises he would take a “hands-off” role.
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NewsCameron’s flagship cancer treatments fund ‘could prove insufficient’
The value of David Cameron’s pledge to fund pioneering treatments for cancer – a showpiece of the Conservatives’ general election campaign – has come under fire from oncologists, HSJ has discovered.
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CommentGrounds for optimism at last over London reconfiguration
It appears the NHS in London might get its wish on downgrading two hospitals.
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HSJ Local
Mental health trust moots takeover of district general hospital estate
STRUCTURE: North East London foundation trust listed “potential management of King George Hospital” in its three-year strategy plan, submitted to Monitor - which would represent the first time a mental health provider has taken over an acute sector hospital.
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HSJ Local
Lansley 'will back merger of Chase Farm and North Middlesex hospitals'
STRUCTURE: HSJ understands Andrew Lansley will recommend Chase Farm Hospital is merged with a neighbouring trust.
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News£800m funding injection for medical research
The government has announced.an £800m funding boost for medical research to help create new treatments and care for patients.
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NewsExclusive: David Cameron launches second phase of NHS reform listening exercise
Prime minister David Cameron will today launch the latest stage in the listening exercise designed to inform the development of the government’s NHS reforms.