All Labour policy articles – Page 8
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Stevens to Burnham: 2006 law ‘prevents NHS tendering ban’
Exclusive: NHS England told the shadow health secretary it could not impose his proposed moratorium on letting health service contracts because of European procurement rules dating back to 2006
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Burnham pledges no more 'rabbit from the hat' NHS policy shifts
Politicians should never again surprise the public with election time policy shifts on the NHS, the shadow health secretary has said
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MPs back legal move to enable 'super CCGs'
MPs have approved a motion to give clinical commissioning groups greater flexibility and control in the way that they work to commission healthcare services for their communities.
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Exclusive: Health leaders demand politicians set out clear NHS mandate
A broad coalition of health and social care leaders will tomorrow call on all political parties to make a manifesto commitment of at least £4bn to fund NHS service changes over the next parliament, HSJ has been told.
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Leader
Tensions grow as NHS reaches make or break month for waits
More time must be spent on primary care
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Comment
It's time we did the right thing by the children of Rotherham
The response has been unbearably slow
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Labour health expert calls for immediate debate on health and care funding
The expert who authored Ed Miliband’s health and social care plan has called on politicians to immediately begin a public debate on the future of funding for the services.
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NHS will not be excluded from US trade deal
A controversial proposed trade treaty between Europe and the US will not negatively impact the NHS or give US health companies new ways of legally challenging health service procurement processes, a government minister has insisted.
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Labour slams 'too full' hospitals
Hundreds of thousands of patients in need of emergency care are being left at the doors of accident and emergency in ambulances because hospitals are too full, Labour has said.
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New body to control healthcare reconfigurations under Labour plans
A Labour administration would establish a new agency to oversee reconfigurations of NHS services, the shadow health minister has told HSJ.
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Four things we learnt at Confed
The main themes that emerged from the NHS Confederation annual conference
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Stevens on: Finance and health secretaries
Simon Stevens has indicated the NHS has early plans to meet about half of the looming £30bn gap; and has suggested greater transparency may be driving a trend toward “patient champion” health secretaries.
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Stevens backs patient choice 'wherever possible' in NHS
NHS patients should be free to choose their provider whether public or private, Simon Stevens has said.
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Comment
Alan Johnson: Dementia strategy needs to transcend party politics
Let’s have a new vision to tackle this major health issue
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Exclusive: Labour inquiry finds 'evidence' for repealing Health Act
An inquiry chaired by an influential Labour MP has concluded that markets in healthcare increase inequalities and that the Health Act 2012 should be repealed.
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Miliband promises £100m primary care boost
A Labour government would boost primary care services with £100m from savings elsewhere in the NHS, the party leader has said in a key speech this evening.
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Blogs
Yes to all-BME short lists for senior public sector jobs
The aim of positive discrimination is to ensure public sector leadership represents the diverse society we live in
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Comment
Good luck with the new job, Simon. Here's your to-do list…
Experts outline the biggest issues facing the new NHS England chief
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Labour lord calls for NHS patient 'membership charge'
A former Labour health minister has called for British citizens to pay a £10 per month “NHS membership charge”, as part of a suite of proposed reforms intended to prevent the health service “starving the rest of the public sector of resources”.
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