All Lib Dem policy articles – Page 3
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CommentClegg: Mental health is our top priority
A Lib Dem government would invest in parity for mental health services
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NewsLib Dems reveal mental health funding boost and waiting targets
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg will today announce £120m investment in mental health services and the introduction of waiting time targets for the sector.
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NewsClegg wants £500m mental health investment
The Liberal Democrats would seek to invest an additional £500m a year in mental health services if they formed part of another government, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentLib Dems join the pre-election bidding war but will voters listen?
Both major parties’ pledges are implausible
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CommentThe Lib Dems lack a compelling NHS narrative
Nick Clegg needs to put himself in the health policy story
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NewsLib Dems lobby for more money for 2015-16 amid cash crisis fears
The Liberal Democrats are calling for the 2015-16 funding settlement for the NHS to be “in effect reopened” amid fears that an imminent cash crisis could lead to declining access to services and redundancies
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CommentClegg will have to say something bold to win votes on the NHS
Lib Dems are divided over the party’s health policy
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NewsLamb proposes new laws to empower health and wellbeing boards
New laws should be introduced in the next parliament to give health and wellbeing boards extra powers including the ability to independently hold budgets, Norman Lamb has told HSJ.
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NewsLib Dems propose health and wellbeing boards commission primary care
The Liberal Democrats want GP services to be commissioned by health and wellbeing boards, according to a paper setting out the party’s likely policy direction in the run up to next year’s general election.
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NewsMPs 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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NewsExclusive: 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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NewsPolitical consensus grows on merging health and social care budgets
A political consensus is emerging in support of pooling all NHS and social care funding, with the idea now openly backed by both the shadow health secretary and his Liberal Democrat counterpart.
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NewsFour things we learnt at Confed
The main themes that emerged from the NHS Confederation annual conference
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NewsLamb backs legal requirement to pool budgets
Care minister Norman Lamb has today called for a new “legal obligation” to ensure health and social care commissioners pool their budgets as part of a significant expansion of his better care fund project.
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CommentMichael White: The cross-party assault on Hunt's clause 119
We might call it the ‘Lewisham amendment’
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CommentLord Rennard crisis overshadows Clegg's mental health plan
Deputy PM was launching new policy
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NewsExclusive: Clegg to launch mental health action plan
Nick Clegg is next week expected to launch a national mental health action plan, advocating a further push towards “parity of esteem” between the sector and the rest of healthcare, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsBurstow 'concerned' over actions of competition authorities
Former health minister Paul Burstow has told HSJ he is concerned about the behaviour of the Competition Commission and Office of Fair Trading following the Health Act 2012 coming into force.
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CommentMichael White: Conferences reveal NHS hopes and fears
Conference season highlights testing times for public sector policy
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NewsPersonal budgets mooted for mental health
Care minister Norman Lamb has said he would like to see mental health patients being given personal budgets to pay for care.