NHS reforms
Alliance warns of ‘dumbing down’ of NHS reforms
May 9, 2011NHS reforms
The leader of the NHS Alliance has warned the current ‘pause’ in the NHS reforms could result changes which ‘dumb …
Hospitals face greater than expected savings target
May 4, 2011Monitor, NHS reforms, foundation trusts
Hospitals are being asked to nearly double their savings target as a result of the increasingly tough economic environment they …
Saving billions through ‘innovation’ – can the NHS pull it off?
April 21, 2011NHS reforms
Innovation is not a concept immediately associated with the UK’s national health service, but is now being promoted by the …
Nurses’ vote of no confidence a further blow to Lansley
April 14, 2011Health and Social Care Bill, NHS reforms, Royal College of Nursing
The Royal College of Nurses has voted overwhelmingly against Andrew Lansley’s health reforms, as he receives a vote of no …
Milburn adds his voice to growing disquiet on NHS reforms
March 30, 2011Alan Milburn, NHS, NHS reforms
Former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn has come out against the government’s health reforms, adding to the chorus of voices …
NHS Alliance: Social enterprises are future of public health services
March 30, 2011NHS, NHS Alliance, NHS reforms, Right to Request, public health services, social enterprise
The NHS Alliance has once more backed the idea that social enterprise should form the backbone of public health services …
New pharma skills needed for GP commissioning changes
March 30, 2011Business Services, Sales and Marketing NHS reforms, skills, training
With GP-led commissioning taking the NHS into new territory, market access is facing a major shake up. In January, one …
Lib Dems push for major amendments in Health Bill
March 14, 2011Dr Even Harris, Health and Social Care Bill, Liberal Democrat health policy, NHS, NHS reforms
Liberal Democrats activists have rejected the government’s NHS reform programme, voting overwhelmingly in favour of a major amendment to the …
Finance a bigger worry than reform for NHS chiefs
March 9, 2011Acute Trusts, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS finances, NHS reforms
NHS leaders are more concerned with how they are going to balance the books this year than with the reorganisation …
Health secretary defends NHS reform to doctors
March 8, 2011GP consortia, Health and Social Reform bill, NHS, NHS reforms
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has defended his reorganisation of the NHS to doctors, saying it will cut unnecessary levels of …
Market forces won’t produce needed restructure, warns King’s Fund
March 4, 2011GP consortia, Health and Social Care Bill, Kings Fund, NHS, NHS Commissioning Board, NHS reforms, foundation trusts, hospital trusts, king's fund
Greater competition in the NHS is unlikely to bring about the restructuring needed in hospital services, according to The King’s …
NHS competition plans provide focus for dissent
March 3, 2011Health and Social Care Bill, NHS, NHS reforms
Confusion and controversy surround the government plans to introduce greater levels of competition into the NHS, with many stakeholder groups …
50,000 NHS jobs to be cut
February 24, 2011False Economy, GPs, NHS, NHS reforms, TUC, nurses
NHS trusts are preparing to make a major series of job cuts as the health service wrestles with the need …
Commissioning Board to spearhead NHS reforms
February 23, 2011GP consortia, Health and Social Care Bill, NHS, NHS Commissioning Board, NHS reforms, PCT clusters, PCTs, SHAs, Sir David Nicholson, pathfinder consortia
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson says the new NHS Commissioning Board will be the driving force behind the health …
Alliance concerned over NHS competition reforms
February 10, 2011Health and Social Care Bill, NHS, NHS Alliance, NHS reforms
The NHS Alliance has called on the Government to clarify major issues around the Health and Social Care Bill which …
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