All Labour articles – Page 18
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NewsBurnham: I will ‘not mandate’ structural change
EXCLUSIVE: A Labour government would ‘not mandate’ organisational change to drive through its plans for a fully integrated national health and care service, Andy Burnham has told HSJ
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Burnham outlines new role for Monitor
A Labour government could put Monitor in charge of overseeing the financial sustainability of whole health economies, Andy Burnham has told HSJ
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NewsFinance experts: Labour £2.5bn pledge 'not enough' for long term
A Labour proposal for a funding increase for the NHS has been welcomed by health economists – but met immediate calls for a longer term financial settlement to secure and transform the service.
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CommentThere are tough political choices behind Miliband's £2.5bn
Funding for the NHS is a political decision
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CommentWill Miliband's 'save the NHS' rhetoric match Labour's modest tax proposals?
Voters care about remedies
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NewsBurnham: Change will be 10 year journey not a ‘big bang’
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has today unveiled further details of his 10 year plan to merge health and social care
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LeaderThe results of English devolution could be profound for the NHS
It is unclear how but the impact will be huge
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NewsExclusive poll: Public approval for government's NHS handling grows
The past three months have seen a strengthening of public approval for the government’s treatment of the NHS, an exclusive HSJ/FTI Consulting poll has found.
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CommentElection 2015: Last chance for Ed to show his NHS credentials
Why Miliband must lead the charge on the NHS
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NewsLabour insists scrapping NHS competition would not require major upheaval
A legal adviser to the Labour Party has rejected claims it would have to ‘dismantle’ the commissioner-provider split in order to remove the effect of EU procurement rules on the NHS.
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NewsStevens 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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NewsBurnham 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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NewsLabour 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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NewsCCGs lukewarm on integrating health and social care roles
Most clinical commissioning group leaders are lukewarm about the prospect of merging or sharing substantial health and social care responsibilities, the HSJ CCG Barometer suggests.
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CommentThe NHS is a campaigning tool on both sides of the border
The service is a key topic in Scotland and England
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CommentCancer drug announcements must be backed up with action
There’s an element of pre-election tidying
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CommentParking charges add insult to life threatening injury
Public resentment is real, especially when some hospitals don’t charge
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CommentElection 2015: Politicians need to get in step with the public's NHS love affair
The political debate rages on
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NewsReview of dementia care funding urged
Wide variations in NHS funding for the continuing care of people with dementia have been uncovered in a report by a Labour prospective parliamentary candidate.
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