All General election 2015 articles – Page 7
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NewsMonitor and TDA could merge, Burnham suggests
Labour could merge the NHS Trust Development Authority into its foundation trust counterpart Monitor if the party forms the next government, Andy Burnham has indicated.
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NewsLabour plans 'accountable providers' for joined up health and social care
Labour plans to introduce an ‘accountable provider’ for frail older people under its 10 year plan for the NHS funded via a ‘year of care tariff’. This suggests a new role for trusts as lead providers of joined up health and care services.
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NewsOpposition pledges to shorten mental health waits
Labour’s 10 year NHS plan includes an ambition to deliver further guarantees for mental health patients to receive talking therapy.
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NewsExclusive interview: Ed Miliband on NHS reorganisation, competition and funding
A Labour government would not instigate a ‘top-down reorganisation’ of the NHS,Ed Miliband has told HSJ
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NewsLabour pledges new savings by cutting NHS 'bureaucracy'
Labour has pledged to target duplication and bureaucracy they say has been caused by the Health Act 2012, raising the prospect of organisational changes if they form the next governement.
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NewsLabour reveals 10 year plan for health and social care
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has confirmed he wants health and wellbeing boards to be accountable for new ‘year of care budgets’ which would cover the ‘health and social care needs’ of those ‘at the greatest risk of hospitalisation’, but added that the funds would ‘be paid to an NHS ...
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CommentPoliticians must come clean on how they plan to fund the NHS of the future
The war for Number 10 begins
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News£240m technology fund raided to prop up A&E, sources say
The government has raided a £240m NHS technology fund to bolster financial support for hospitals struggling with accident and emergency demand this winter, senior sources have told HSJ.
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LeaderWhat role for private providers in the NHS after the election?
Independent sector will have a bigger role post-election
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NewsFinal decision on £1bn NHS England contract will be 'after general election'
NHS England has delayed making a decision on a £1bn outsourcing contract until ‘after the general election’ in May, HSJ has learned.
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CommentWaiting list initiative ends with a sprint but achieves little
The waiting list size hardly budged
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HSJ LocalPeterborough and Stamford franchise decision delayed
STRUCTURE: A hospital chief executive has confirmed that the decision to have his trust taken over by a Hinchingbrooke style private management franchise will be deferred until after the general election.
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CommentMPs' links with private health companies and why they matter
They are influencing the election
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Comment'NHS in crisis' hyperbole reaches fever pitch as election countdown begins
The election fuels the fire
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NewsClegg pledges £8bn extra for the NHS by 2020
The Liberal Democrats have become the first major party to publicly commit to increasing NHS funding to levels recommended in the NHS Five Year Forward View – but the pledge depends on ongoing economic growth and the elimination of the budget deficit.
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CommentElection 2015: Party politics offer little new year cheer
Reality bites for political parties in 2015