All Labour policy articles – Page 6
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NewsExclusive poll: Tory cash pledge fails to cut through
Voters believe Labour is the party most likely to give the NHS the money it needs over the next five years, even though the Conservatives have promised more cash for the service in the next Parliament.
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NewsElection survey: How popular are the parties' flagship health policies?
Our exclusive pre-election poll tested the popularity of a series of key health policy pledges from across the political spectrum.
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NewsElection 2015: Where do the main parties agree on health?
With two weeks to go until the general election, the NHS is a top priority for voters, and all the main parties have set out their key health policy pledges in their manifestos.
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NewsMore CCGs tendering services due to fear over competition rules
More than 40 per cent of commissioners say their organisations are inviting competition for NHS services due solely to their concerns about controversial competition rules, an HSJ survey has found.
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NewsExclusive: CCG leaders fear political priorities would come first under HWBs
A large majority of commissioning leaders believe clinical priorities would lose out to political priorities if lead responsibility for NHS services was handed to health and wellbeing boards, an exclusive HSJ survey has found.
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NewsExclusive: Labour will not force universities to take extra student nurses
Universities and hospitals will not be forced to take extra nursing students this year under Labour’s plan to increase trainee numbers by 1,000, HSJ has been told.
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CommentMain manifestos: Certainty is lacking in post-election prospects
Manifestos mask a need for pressure relief
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NewsUnsocial hours pay would stay under Labour, says Burnham
Shadow heath secretary Andy Burnham has pledged not to cut unsocial hours payments for NHS staff if Labour wins the general election, but said he still planned to introduce a ‘seven-day service’ that provides care for people at whatever time they require.
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CommentWho will pay for all these vague election promises?
Big numbers being bandied about may come back to bite us
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Burnham: Social care will benefit from Labour's £2.5bn health cash boost
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham speaks to LGC following the launch of Labour’s manifesto
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NewsExclusive: Forward view leaves ‘big questions unanswered’, says Burnham
Andy Burnham has said the NHS Five Year Forward View left ‘many big questions unanswered’ and Labour would not be setting the health service ‘on the right path’ by adopting it without making ‘other fundamental changes’.
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NewsLabour 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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CommentHealth gambles could swing the election
NHS spending promises could turn the tables on the two main parties
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NewsLabour 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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NewsLabour's health policy: a rough guide
HSJ’s handy guide to Labour’s health policy development before the manifesto:
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NewsConservatives 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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NewsExplained: Labour's ‘profit cap’ to prevent 'tide of privatisation'
Labour’s NHS ‘private profit cap’ explained
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NewsLabour'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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NewsEd 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.