All Labour policy articles – Page 5
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Labour pledges to avoid 'extreme' cuts to social care
Labour has pledged to avoid ‘extreme’ cuts to social care in the next parliament in order to improve quality of care and prevent further pressure on the NHS.
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Health gambles could swing the election
NHS spending promises could turn the tables on the two main parties
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Labour launches NHS manifesto amid funding plans row with Tories
Labour has launched its health manifesto and accused the Conservatives of making ‘unfunded commitments’ after ministers pledged to invest significant extra funding into the NHS.
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Labour's health policy: a rough guide
HSJ’s handy guide to Labour’s health policy development before the manifesto:
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Conservatives confirm extra £8bn for NHS in manifesto pledge
The Conservatives’ election manifesto will commit to a “minimum real terms increase in NHS funding of £8bn” by 2020 which they say is a firm promise to fund the NHS Five Year Forward View.
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Explained: Labour's ‘profit cap’ to prevent 'tide of privatisation'
Labour’s NHS ‘private profit cap’ explained
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Labour's 'profit cap' policy faces European legal hurdles, say lawyers
Ed Miliband’s proposal to cap the profits of private sector providers of NHS services at 5 per cent would come up against EU legislation, lawyers have told HSJ.
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Ed Miliband pledges cap on profits of independent providers in NHS
Ed Miliband has pledged that a Labour led government would impose a profit cap on private providers of NHS ‘clinical services’. He made the announcement at a speech to launch the party’s general election campaign in east London today.
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King's Fund disputes Labour plan to exempt NHS from EU rules
Labour’s election proposal to make the NHS exempt from European Union procurement law cannot be implemented unless a future government curbs the independence of foundation trusts, the King’s Fund has said.
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Lord Hunt: CCGs to be advisers to HWBs
Clinical commissioning groups will ‘ultimately’ be reduced to an advisory role for health and wellbeing boards under a Labour government, according to a shadow health minister.
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Blowing the whistle on Labour's relationship with the NHS
What does Miliband’s failure to acknowledge healthcare problems in Wales tell us?
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Exclusive: Labour campaigning on NHS pays off with poll boost
The public increasingly trust Labour to manage the NHS, and support the policies unveiled last month in the party’s 10 year vision for the service, the latest of HSJ/FTI Consulting pre-election poll has found.
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Making NICE guidelines mandatory ‘counterproductive’, says former chair
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s former chair Sir Michael Rawlins has criticised NHS commissioners for ‘poorly implementing’ the body’s guidelines but said making them mandatory would be ‘counterproductive’.
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Stevens: 'Mixed model' could see CCGs hand over powers
Simon Stevens favours a ‘mixed model’ of health economy accountability in which some clinical commissioning groups could delegate responsibilities to local authorities or providers of new care models, he has told HSJ.
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Next government must recognise that acute need is part of whole person care
Include frail older people
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The 10 year plan won't win Labour the keys to Number 10
Labour’s health strategy lacks flesh on the bones to tempt the electorate