All Andrew Lansley articles – Page 24
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Surrey consortium petitions Lansley over handover legal hurdles
COMMERCIAL: A commissioning consortium last week pulled health secretary Andrew Lansley into its struggle to take on commissioning powers from primary care trust NHS Surrey.
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NewsPrivate provider bosses confident of reform opportunities
Private healthcare chief executives have remained confident their firms will profit from NHS reform even as political controversy has stalled the Health Bill, a survey shows.
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CommentYour humble servant: can you hear me, Andrew Lansley?
From being everywhere to suddenly being nowhere, your humble servant goes in search of the health secretary.
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Worcestershire PCT chair criticises 'amateurs' driving reforms
WORKFORCE: NHS Worcestershire’s chairman has written a scathing critique of the reforms, saying they are an “unholy mess” and that “amateurs” are dismantling the NHS.
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NewsLansley reveals his struggle over father's NHS treatment
Andrew Lansley last night revealed his personal difficulties navigating the NHS’s palliative care services when his father died last year.
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NewsStudy lays bare 'exaggeration' of rise in NHS managers
The extent to which the increase in NHS managers has been “exaggerated” is laid bare in a King’s Fund analysis of workforce statistics.
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NewsCameron defends NHS reforms
The prime minister has restated the case for the government’s NHS reforms and sought to clarify the plans for competition in the NHS.
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NewsMORI poll shows confidence in NHS 'eroded'
Public confidence in the NHS has shown “signs of erosion” since the government’s reforms were proposed, according to a poll for the Department of Health.
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NewsHealth Select Committee calls for evidence on meeting the 'Nicholson Challenge'
The Health Select Committee is to review the progress of the NHS in meeting the “daunting” Nicholson Challenge to make £20bn of efficiency savings by 2014-15.
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NewsExclusive: care quality variations revealed in Dr Foster data
Large disparities in key patient care indicators across trusts in England have been revealed in data shared exclusively with HSJ.
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NewsPCT clusters may survive as reform pressure builds
A continued existence beyond 2013 for primary care trust clusters looked increasingly likely this week, as the health secretary’s NHS reforms came under huge political pressure.
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NewsConsortia leads back health reforms
Health secretary Andrew Lansley’s plans for reform of the NHS won strong backing today from a group of GPs who hope to be granted new powers to commission treatment for their patients.
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NewsLansley remains defiant over NHS reform
Andrew Lansley has refused to abandon the “principles” of his NHS reforms as he fights mounting political pressure over the radical shake-up proposed in the Health Bill.
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NewsExclusive: McKinsey called in to advise PM on NHS reforms
The panel of senior health policy experts appointed to advise the prime minister on NHS reform met for the first time yesterday.
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NewsExclusive: expert panel to advise prime minister on NHS
Number 10 Downing Street is establishing its own panel of senior health policy experts – including two former NHS chief executives – to advise the prime minister on NHS reform, HSJ has learned.
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NewsClegg rejects PR gimmick accusations
Nick Clegg has claimed the listening exercise for NHS reforms was “not a gimmick” and said the government would make significant changes to legislation.
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NewsLansley blames waiting time rise on snow
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has blamed the “severe winter” for an increase in NHS waiting times.
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NewsTories accused over listening exercise timing
Health secretary Andrew Lansley’s promise to “pause and listen” to concerns over his planned NHS shake-up were dismissed as a smokescreen to protect the coalition from an electoral backlash in the run-up to next month’s polls.
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NewsReform review may demand 'no more reorganisations'
The NHS Future Forum is considering recommending “no more top-down reorganisations” of the service in its report to the prime minister, HSJ has learned.
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NewsAcute mixed-sex ward breaches still in the thousands
Nearly half of NHS acute trusts are still putting patients in mixed-sex accommodation despite facing financial penalties, new figures show.