All Lib Dem policy articles – Page 11
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Lib Dems launch campaign to save NHS
The Liberal Democrats have launched a campaign to save the NHS by stopping funding cuts, cutting waste and giving people more say in their local services.
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Tories and Lib Dems criticise Blair legacy
The three main political parties have come out fighting over what 10 years under a Labour government has meant for the NHS.
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Lib Dems condemn 'depressingly familiar' Tory policies
Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Norman Lamb has called the findings of the Conservative policy commission on the NHS 'depressingly familiar' and claimed that giving GPs total control of their budgets would lead to greater health inequalities.He said: 'There can be no doubt that GPs are the backbone of the primary ...
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Michael White on politics
'Voters are losing patience with Labour's performance - and its excuses'
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Media Watch: pay-offs
'Outrage at hospital trust's pay-off after spat' said The Sun, as it revealed 'debt-ridden' Eastbourne Downs primary care trust had paid off its former public health director to the tune of £250,000 after a 'spat' with a colleague.
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Media Watch: public health pay-off
'Outrage at hospital trust's pay-off after spat' said The Sun, as it revealed 'debt-ridden' Eastbourne Downs primary care trust had paid off its former public health director to the tune of £250,000 after a 'spat' with a colleague.
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Michael White: parliamentary deadlock
'Parliament is deadlocked on serious issues that may end up in a 'ping pong' test of wills'
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Media watch: hospital phone charges
Those unlucky enough to spend Easter in hospital also had the misfortune of paying a whopping 26p per minute if they wished to call their loved ones. Not unexpectedly the tabloids and broadsheets were up in arms last week as they bemoaned the 160 per cent increase in hospital call ...
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Michael White on the budget
'Brown did not say what health will get in 2008-11, though he is said to be focusing on health in his Treasury lair'
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Technology: why the Conservatives are pushing for root and branch reform
The centralisation of Connecting for Health and a lack of local leadership are proving an important battleground for Conservative policy debate. Steve Mathieson looks at the detail
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Liberal Democrats announce changes to shadow cabinet
Norman Lamb has taken over as Liberal Democrat health spokesman. He replaces Steve Webb, who has become chair of the party's election manifesto team.Mr Lamb has been chief of staff to Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell since March. He said: 'I'm thrilled at the prospect of taking the health ...
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Dave Lee on listening to complaints
The idea of a committee as an inherently good thing may be counter-intuitive. When Liberal Democrat health spokeswoman Baroness Julia Neuberger decided in 1993 that the community trust she was chairing should have a customer services committee, there were no bets on its longevity.
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Lib Dem conference delegates queue up to lambast Labour 'interference'
Government ministers' eagerness to interfere in the NHS has left staff overstretched and misdirected money from care to management consultants, according to Liberal Democrats.
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Lofty ambitions: choice includes interventions and clinicians
Real choice is about much more than location - it can cover interventions and clinicians, too, as Jennifer Taylor explains
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Health Hotel: what about the workers?
As the UK's largest employer, the NHS should be doing much more to look after the health and welfare of its employees. Jeremy Davies reports
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Lib Dems divided on accountability
King's Fund former chief executive Baroness Julia Neuberger has been given 12 months to chair a review of Liberal Democrat health policy.
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Lib Dems target scan waits
ELECTION Health spokesman Paul Burstow brands the number of hidden waiters 'a scandal'