All Conservatives articles – Page 14
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CommentMichael White: Attacks on Welsh NHS smack of opportunism
Pre-election politics in full effect
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CommentHunt and Burnham are failing to tell their NHS story
Both are being restrained in the run-up to election
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NewsExclusive: Conservative peer appointed Monitor's interim chair
The government has appointed Conservative peer and former minister Baroness Hanham as the interim chair of health sector regulator Monitor.
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NewsFox: NHS budget protection must end
Ringfenced funding for the NHS must end after the next general election, a senior Conservative has said.
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CommentBurnham's survival is the key move in the reshuffle
Shadow health secretary will be an important player in next election
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HSJ LocalLabour accused of hospital cover-up
The Department of Health under Labour tried to stop details emerging of a hospital scandal involving higher-than-normal death rates, emails have revealed.
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NewsConservative Party conference - follow it live
Keep up with the HSJ news team, reporting from the 2013 Conservative Party conference in Manchester
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NewsFurious row as ex-CQC chair angrily rebuts Hunt's speech claim
Full transcript of Baroness Young’s row with the health secretary
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LeaderHunt must show he is in it for the long haul to sustain the NHS
Health secretary needs to think beyond 2015 election
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CommentMichael White: Government spin leaves NHS dizzy
Tory conference provides the politics but not the answers
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CommentThe Care Bill is the wrong medicine for the NHS
Legislation is a bizarre and inadequate attempt to fix a spurious problem
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NewsLamb calls for cross-party talks on NHS
Health minister Norman Lamb has called for cross-party talks to discuss the long-term future of the NHS.
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NewsNHS contracts firm gave to Tories
An American health firm which runs key NHS services has donated £17,000 to the Tories, Electoral Commission records show.
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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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Blogs
Politics and the English language
End Game has been a fan of minister for laughs Anna Soubry maverick style ever since she arrived at Richmond House.She’s a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm and she’s peppered her latest interview with hearty profanity.Limbering up, she declared a builder’s sign to be “fucking useless” ...
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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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Further curbs on foreign NHS use likely
The government will take action to further restrict access to free NHS care for foreign patients, Jeremy Hunt has indicated.
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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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NewsLabour demands 'honesty' on NHS
Labour has called on the government to provide “a bit of accountability and a bit of honesty” as it accused the coalition of presiding over a “cut” in NHS spending during its term in office.