All Conservative policy articles – Page 17
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NewsHealth adviser to prime minister appointed
Nick Seddon, deputy director of right-leaning think tank Reform, has been appointed health and social care adviser to the prime minister.
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CommentMichael White: Hunt picks a fight with the nurses
Salvoes have been lobbed between ministers and the RCN
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CommentThatcher ducked the NHS fight, we have to face it
Thatcher’s handling of the NHS offers lessons for reformers
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NewsExclusive: Key Lib Dem backs government over crunch NHS competition vote
The Liberal Democrats’ health spokeswoman in the Lords has told HSJ she will have “no problem” asking her party to support the government in next week’s crucial vote on new NHS competition regulations.
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NewsBowel cancer drug funding in danger
As many as 6,500 bowel cancer patients could be denied access to life-extending drugs when a cash pot to pay for them ceases to exist at the end of the year, a charity has warned.
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NewsRegulator moves to put Mid Staffs in administration
Healthcare sector regulator Monitor has begun the process of putting Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust into administration.
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NewsInterest in franchise model has 'waned dramatically'
Government interest in the hospital franchise model has ‘waned dramatically’, an HSJ analysis has found, a year after Circle Health took over the running of Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust.
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NewsFrancis report: Cameron will respond after meeting Mid Staffs families
Prime minister David Cameron has met with families and campaigners ahead of the publication of the Francis report into care failures at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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NewsCommissioning board's funding formula move was not 'political', says Dalton
The NHS Commissioning Board’s deputy chief executive has insisted it was not making a “political point” in declining to implement a new formula for allocating health funding across England.
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NewsHunt promises Francis recommendations will not add to bureaucracy
Implementing recommendations from the report into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry will not add to the bureaucracy faced by NHS managers, the health secretary has said.
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NewsPatients should pay for 'lifestyle' diseases - Tory MP
Patients suffering from diseases caused by “lifestyle choices” such as diabetes should pay for their medication to help save the NHS from collapse, a Tory GP has urged.
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NewsANALYSED: The rollout of NHS 111
HSJ Local Briefing is our in-depth analysis of key issues facing the NHS or major health economies. This week we examine the rollout of NHS 111, the non-emergency telephone number.
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NewsAccountability probe could lead to regulation for managers
The government signalled a possible move towards the regulation of NHS managers as new health secretary Jeremy Hunt launched a probe to determine how they might be held to account for care failures.
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NewsHunt backs 'simple and short' NHS mandate
The new health secretary wants to publish a “simple and short” mandate for the NHS, in order to “unleash local innovation”, he has said.
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NewsHealth minister claims MPs becoming more 'responsible' about reconfiguration
New health minister Daniel Poulter has insisted politicians are becoming more far-sighted in their approach to debates about service reconfiguration.
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NewsHunt cautious on NHS spending plans
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he will not make any commitments to future increases in health spending.