All Labour policy articles – Page 21
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Blogs
Hannan's claims about managers: the unblinking truth
The web is awash with commentary on Daniel Hannan’s incendiary comments on the NHS, thanks to the Twitter army.
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CommentSimon Stevens on an NHS budget showdown
Who gets what? Surely that is the essence of politics, and never more so than when times are tight. When a rising tide carries all boats, economic growth tends to obscure the question.
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NewsKieran Brett to be Andy Burnham's adviser
A former adviser to Tony Blair is expected to begin as health secretary Andy Burnham’s policy special adviser within the next two weeks, HSJ can reveal. Kieran Brett, who has recently been working as a consultant to the NHS, was Mr Blair’s special adviser on home affairs.
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NewsLabour calls for wider C diff probe
Labour has called for an inquiry into an outbreak of C difficile that caused nine deaths at a hospital in Scotland to be extended across the country.
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NewsAndy Burnham seeks swine flu critical care assurance
Health secretary Andy Burnham has asked the NHS for assurance it can increase critical care capacity to cope with a potential surge in swine flu.
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NewsLords raise questions on swine flu preparedness
The Lords science and technology committee has highlighted “serious questions” about the UK’s preparedness for swine flu.
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NewsWill the public back the national care service?
The long awaited social care green paper proposes reforms including a new ‘national care service’, but what are the implications and where will the money come from?
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NewsAndy Burnham dismisses Mid Staffs inquiry as 'too distracting'
Health secretary Andy Burnham has defended his decision to stop short of launching a full public inquiry into failures at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust, telling HSJ he thought it would be “distracting to managers”.
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NewsNHS budget pledges will squeeze Whitehall
Protecting the NHS budget will mean tax rises and/or spending cuts in other departments, according to the King’s Fund and Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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NewsMinister sets out limits of competition and choice
Health minister Mike O’Brien has emphasised to managers the limits to which the NHS should embrace competition and choice.
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CommentMedia Watch: is Burnham the new Pants Man?
As swine flu takes increasing hold it will be interesting to see how the national papers’ coverage of the pandemic begins to diverge.
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News‘National care service’ could pit councils against NHS
The long-awaited social care green paper has set out the government’s ambition for a national care service that could offer a basic minimum entitlement to all, regardless of financial means.
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NewsNumber 10 confirms Lord Darzi resigns as health minister
The government confirmed last night that health minister Lord Darzi would be leaving the government and published his resignation letter to the prime minister.
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NewsDarzi quits ministerial post
Health minister Lord Ara Darzi is quitting his post as health minister.
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CommentMichael White: on patient safety and savvy spending
I had an odd experience at the weekend. Reading the Commons health select committee’s depressing report on patient safety, I kept thinking of the more visible drama now being played out over public expenditure and pay.
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NewsBurnham 'not ruling out' Mid Staffordshire probe
Health secretary Andy Burnham has said he is “not ruling out” a public inquiry into the Mid Staffordshire foundation trust scandal.
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Blogs
Change tracking with Andy Burnham
A slip up at the Department of Health reminds us of the Microsoft Word “track changes” function - and reveals a last-minute omission from the health secretary’s swine flu speech.
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CommentJohn McGowan: the truth about markets
It is an article of faith among former 1980s undergraduates like me, particularly in the pub, that Labour has gone far further than the Tories ever did in imposing business values on the long suffering NHS.
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News
Protecting health budget 'a mistake' - public services watchdog
The chief executive of the government’s public services watchdog has slammed Labour and Tory commitments to protect budgets for health and education as a “big mistake”.
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NewsAndy Burnham promises to overhaul NHS targets
Health secretary Andy Burnham has promised to “deep clean the target regime”.