All Lib Dem-Tory coalition articles – Page 2
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NewsLamb: NHS cannot fund social care reform
Care services minister Norman Lamb has said social care reform should not be funded from the NHS budget because the health service is already under financial pressure.
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NewsSecond Nicholson challenge required says top Lib Dem
Former health minister Paul Burstow has called for a “Nicholson challenge two” review of future NHS and social care spending.
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NewsLabour will reverse Health Act, says Burnham
Labour will scrap the government’s flagship reforms of the NHS if they come into power at the next general election, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
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Treasury targets off-payroll public sector salaries
The chief secretary to the Treasury has stressed that all public sector employees “should be on the payroll and paying the correct amount of tax”.
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Comment'The reforms could be the coalition's poll tax'
We will know by 2015 whether the public’s NHS experiences mean Andrew Lansley has pulled off this massive gamble, says Ipsos MORI’s chief executive Ben Page.
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NewsValue-based pricing 'will not improve' cancer drug access
Government proposals to introduce a value-based pricing system for new drugs will not significantly improve patient access to treatments, experts have warned.
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NewsLatest waiting times 'embarrassing' for government - Labour
The government’s own monthly waiting times statistics showed patients are “paying the price” for the coalition’s NHS shake-up, Labour has claimed.
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NewsObesity strategy criticised by royal colleges
Surgeons, psychiatrists, paediatricians and GPs launched a campaign today to battle rising levels of obesity, saying current strategies are not working.
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NewsNHS redundancies costing tens of millions - Labour
Nearly £170m was spent on NHS redundancy payouts in one year, according to leaked government figures released by the Labour party.
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NewsLabour targets NHS reforms in local elections
Ed Miliband has targeted the government’s health reforms as he launched Labour’s local elections campaign, with the promise to govern for the whole country, “not just for the wealthy few”.
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NewsNHS reform row 'not over', warn healthcare leaders
The high profile row over the government’s NHS reforms will persist despite its Health Bill finally becoming law, healthcare leaders predict.
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NewsLabour forces emergency Health Bill debate
Labour has mounted a last-ditch bid to keep the government’s controversial NHS reforms off the statute book after the legislation cleared the House of Lords.
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NewsDH obesity drive failing to capture industry support
A government initiative to tackle obesity and improve public health is “overly reliant” on voluntary agreements with the food industry, a report has warned.
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CommentMichael White: bill-bashing Lib Dems may take their own hits in the polls
Michael White’s politics column.
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NewsRebel Lib Dem reforms revolt defeated
The government has seen off a rebel Liberal Democrat bid to halt the controversial health reforms.
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NewsRCGP seeks health reform talks
Family doctors’ leaders have offered an olive branch to ministers in their bitter battle over the government’s NHS reforms.
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NewsSNP claim independence will safeguard NHS
Scotland’s National Health Service can only be “fully guaranteed” by independence, deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.
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NewsLib Dem vote against support for bill puts more pressure on peers
Liberal Democrat peers are under pressure to make more changes to the Health Bill after a manoeuvre by the party’s leadership in support of the bill backfired at its spring conference on Sunday.
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News'Move on', Nick Clegg to urge Lib Dems
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg will today appeal for frustrated Liberal Democrat activists to “move on” from damaging rows over the NHS and tuition fees.
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NewsTwo weeks to 'save the NHS', warns union
The public has just 13 days to halt the government’s controversial health reforms and save the NHS from falling into the hands of private companies, a union leader has warned.