All Labour articles – Page 5
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: New health bill ‘more combustible’ than Lansley’s
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior correspondent Sharon Brennan.
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CommentLetter from Scotland: A more generous social care system
In his regular dispatch from north of the border Henry Anderson discusses the obstacles to the pledge of making social care free at the point of use in Scotland
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NewsEx-health minister to chair trust
A former public health minister has been appointed chair of a mental health trust.
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NewsHSJ100: Exclusions
Based on the results of the last 15 years, we have drawn up an exclusion list of leaders who were certain to be part of our list, allowing a deeper dive beyond them
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CommentA difficult balancing act lies ahead for Matt Hancock
About to complete two years at the DHSC this week, Matt Hancock’s in-tray for the third year looks particularly challenging in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, writes Richard Sloggett
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HSJ PartnersNHS staff online booking for covid-19 antibody tests
There is a growing need from hospital trusts and community providers to deploy a fast, secure, online booking solution enabling all staff to book a covid-19 antibody test. By Lloyd Price
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CommentHealth got the headlines, but it’s still the economy that matters
The focus and measures of success of both the government and the healthcare system are becoming ever more intertwined, points out Michael Wood
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Comment‘Cash for scrutiny’ is new government’s deal for the NHS
The new Conservative government under Boris Johnson will put the NHS under greater scrutiny, as they provide more cash, says its former adviser Richard Sloggett.
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LeaderNobody really knows how this Labour party would run the NHS
Although discussion of the NHS has dominated much of the election debate, there has been little scrutiny of how Labour would run the NHS. The party’s focus has been on attacking the Tory record, making spending pledges and raising the existential fear that the service is “for sale” to Donald ...
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NewsLabour plans ‘democratically accountable’ integrated care systems
Integrated care systems would become “democratically accountable” under a Labour government, shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth has told HSJ.
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CommentThe parties’ dividing lines on health and care
There is some surprising agreement amongst the three major English parties when it comes to the NHS. But once you move away from the core of acute and primary care there are stark differences too, argues Sally Warren.
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CommentWhy NHS drugs should be ‘on the table’ in trade talks
If patients are to benefit from the most advanced treatments, pharmaceuticals must be on the table in UK trade talks, says Tony Hockley.
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News5pc pay rise for NHS staff if Labour wins power
Labour has promised a 5 per cent pay rise to NHS staff next year in its 2019 election manifesto.
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CommentSwindells: politicians are fighting a 40 year-old battle over the NHS
The next wave of healthcare transformation will be a multi-industry partnership, writes Matthew Swindells
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NewsExclusive: Private finance scheme for the NHS scrapped
A much-vaunted scheme to use private investment for NHS capital projects has been officially scrapped, HSJ has learned.
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LeaderWhat if the doctors never come back?
A ‘black swan’ event is defined as an “extremely rare event with severe consequences” which is rarely predicted and whose impact is heightened by its sheer unexpectedness.
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CommentObituary: Frank Dobson
Michael White on Frank Dobson, former health secretary, who has died at the age of 79.