All Labour articles – Page 20
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Labour warns over 'unfair' public health budget split
The handover of responsibility for public health from primary care trusts to local authorities could be a “car crash”, the Labour party has warned.
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NewsGovernment's competition rowback 'doesn't address fundamentals'
The government’s changes to controversial secondary legislation covering the contracting of NHS services have sparked disagreement over the effect of the new rules.
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CommentWe should all join Burnham's debate on integrated care
Key decisions on fusing health and social care cannot wait
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NewsLabour MP calls for moratorium on A&E closures
A Labour MP has called on ministers to impose a moratorium on closures of hospital emergency departments until the NHS Commissioning Board’s national review on the subject has been carried out.
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NewsBurnham plans £60bn NHS cash handover to councils
The vast majority of NHS funding would be handed to councils under radical proposals being developed by the shadow health secretary.
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LeaderBurnham’s radicalism resets care debate
Burnham proposes a system with more local democratic control
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NewsHunt: Unsafe staffing 'totally unacceptable'
It is “totally unacceptable” for hospitals to have unsafe staffing levels, health secretary Jeremy Hunt insisted yesterday.
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NewsLabour demands 'honesty' on NHS
Labour has called on the government to provide “a bit of accountability and a bit of honesty” as it accused the coalition of presiding over a “cut” in NHS spending during its term in office.
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NewsAnti-NHS reforms party launched
A group of healthcare professionals is today launching a new political party dedicated to opposing the government’s reforms of the NHS.
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NewsMake telehealth plans public, says Labour
The Department of Health is under renewed pressure to publish evidence to support its claims that using telehealth could save the NHS £1.2bn, after the Labour party joined those calling for publication of its calculations.
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CommentMichael White: temperatures rise in Edinburgh
Labour are asking tough questions about the affordability of Scotland’s healthcare
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CommentHow competition can help community services
Why choice does not always lead to privatisation
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NewsNew healthcare rules 'nonsensical'
Labour has hit out at the “nonsensical” rules that will determine who can sit on the governing boards of the new organisations responsible for commissioning healthcare.
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NewsNicholson fears 'carpet bombing' privatisation
A warning by the head of the NHS that the government’s controversial health reforms could end in “misery and failure” sparked fresh Labour calls for parts of the shake-up to be halted.
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NewsBurnham vows to repeal Health Act
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has promised to repeal the controversial Health Act should Labour win the next election, scheduled for 2015.
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NewsNHS to double private patients - Burnham
Some NHS hospitals are planning to use new freedoms granted them by the coalition government to double the number of patients they treat privately this year, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has warned.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: NHS Employers backs pay freeze
Patient care will suffer unless the NHS pay freeze is extended into a third year, the body representing all major NHS employers is to warn.
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NewsForced mergers create larger failures - Corrigan
The government should not force underperforming hospitals to merge together because such strategies simply create larger failing NHS organisations, a report suggests.
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NewsMiliband tells unions not to strike
Labour leader Ed Miliband has told union leaders that their members and the public did not want strikes, amid the growing prospect of industrial action against the government’s austerity measures.
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NewsPatients waiting longer to see GP - Labour
Patients are being forced to wait for as long as three weeks to see their GP after practices have reduced their evening and weekend appointments, Labour said.