All Andrew Lansley articles – Page 32
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NewsHospital trust announces merger proposals
A second non-foundation trust has this morning announced plans to merge with a foundation trust.
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NewsTrafford forced to drop integration plans in favour of merger with FT
A Manchester hospital trust has had to abandon its plans to become an integrated care trust in order to attain foundation status.
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NewsLetwin called in to scrutinise Lansley's plans
Cabinet minister Oliver Letwin is to re-examine Andrew Lansley’s plans for the NHS, prompting Labour to claim it is a sign of “how isolated the health secretary has become”.
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NewsNHS 'too reliant' on junior doctors
Patients are being left in the hands of junior doctors because there is no adequate consultant cover on weekends, according to a new report.
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CommentMedia Watch: Shame on you
The Observer bagged the tenth Dr Foster Hospital Guide exclusive, leading with an exposé of the trusts it said “shame the NHS”.
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NewsPublic health white paper stalls on handover to councils
The government has confirmed that public health funding is likely to be around £4bn, but has delayed shifting responsibility for local public health spending to councils until at least April 2013.
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NewsGovernment 'tinkering' with alcohol tax criticised
The government has been accused of “tinkering at the edges” over plans to tackle problem drinking by driving up taxes on super-strength beer and lager.
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NewsFew surprises in public health white paper
Andrew Lansley has unveiled the public health white paper saying it goes further and faster in tackling causes of premature death and illness and reducing health inequalities.
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NewsMaternity units may close, despite pre election pledges
The controversial closure of three maternity units in Greater Manchester looks set to go ahead – in spite of health secretary Andrew Lansley’s personal intervention in the case in the run up to the general election.
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NewsGovernment to target teenage smoking
The coalition government is planning “radical” action to curb teenage smoking, ban cheap alcohol and to encourage mothers to breastfeed at work, Health secretary Andrew Lansley has said.
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NewsLatest Dr Foster guide reveals hospital trusts with high death rates
Death rates at 19 hospital trusts in England were alarmingly high last year, according to the latest Dr Foster Hospital Guide.
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CommentParliament, prudence and productivity
What Commons health committee chair Stephen Dorrell said to HSJ last week was not symptomatic of a tiff between him and Andrew Lansley. More significant issues are coming into play.
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LeaderGPs and government battle for custody of white paper reforms
The struggle for the soul of the reforms is intensifying as the outline shape of the new landscape clarifies.
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Comment'The challenge is to get better average outcomes and reduce variation'
Post-Blair Labour health “reforms” overemphasised a centrist, target driven culture that tended to distort how care might best be delivered. It marginalised clinical staff, leaving them often to adopt a stance of disgruntled passivity.
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Comment'Dorrell argues now for quiet pragmatism, for letting change evolve'
Am I just imagining it? Or did Andrew Lansley start to modify his combative message to the NHS, its suspicious staff and customers, even before Stephen Dorrell’s striking intervention in the reform debate courtesy of last week’s HSJ?
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CommentMedia Watch: All eyes are on Lansley
Health secretary Andrew Lansley is not a politician to wilt in the face of criticism, which probably came in handy last week.
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NewsLansley moves to replace Monitor chair
The health secretary will begin recruiting a new chair of Monitor in the next few weeks and make an appointment early next year, HSJ has learned.
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NewsLansley denies reforms have caused PCT 'meltdown'
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has denied primary care trusts are in “meltdown” as a result of his reform plans.
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NewsDH to appoint new Monitor chair
The health secretary plans to appoint a new chair to Monitor, the NHS provider regulator, early next year, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPlain packaging for cigarettes planned
Tobacco companies could be forced to sell cigarettes in grey or brown plain packaging in an attempt to deter youngsters from taking up smoking.