Gary Gibbon
Treasury tussles behind the Dilnot Report
The rather low-key Commons announcement on the Dilnot Report I just watched from Andrew Lansley conceals a tussle behind the scenes in government – blogs Gary Gibbon.
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FactCheck: Is Lansley misleading us over the NHS?
The claim “This Meeting deplores the government’s misleading and inaccurate talking down of health outcomes in the UK in order to justify its White Paper reforms and Health Bill in England.”
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NHS surgeon: Lansley reforms are a ‘phony revolution’
NHS frontline blog: “This is a phony revolution, driven not by patients or clinicians, but by business interests,” writes trauma surgeon Catherine Blake for Channel 4 News.
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NHS reform will not lead to ‘two tier’ system, vows Lansley
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley tells Jon Snow that the NHS reforms will not lead to services in some areas being better than others, but instead improve services and accountability nationally.
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NHS trust could go into administration
South London Healthcare NHS trust is being put into special measures by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley amid mounting debts and losses of £1m per week.
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NHS watchdog attacks abortion clinic checks
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s demand that abortion clinics be inspected at short notice cost £1m and led to hospital and care home inspections being cancelled, says the CQC.
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Government orders review of breast implant risks
Health secretary Andrew Lansley says new data has emerged that may impact the 40,000 British women who were fitted with the implants.
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NHS nears ‘crisis point’ as job losses double
A report from the Royal College of Nursing warning of a staffing crisis at the NHS is dismissed by health secretary Andrew Lansley as “scaremongering”.
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FactCheck: The truth about the NHS Reform Bill myths
Revolting peers have landed their first blows on Andrew Lansley. Today they’re starting a marathon two-day debate on the health and social care bill, and the government is worried. The Department of Health has hit back with a “mythbusting” dossier. Will it succeed? Over to the team.
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PFI hospitals ‘on the brink’
More than 60 Private Finance Initiative (PFI) hospitals are close to financial collapse, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley warns. But a PFI expert tells Channel 4 News the row is “misleading”.
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Government to unveil NHS bill changes
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley is expected to set out a significant rewrite of his NHS reforms after an independent review found “genuine and deep-seated concerns” about the plans.
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Royal Wedding rap: MC NxtGen’s tribute to Kate and Wills
The man behind the now famous “Andrew Lansley rap” sets his rhyming talents upon the Royal Wedding with a track recorded and written exclusively for Channel 4 News.
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NHS: nurses ‘no confidence’ in Health Secretary
Nurses deliver a vote of no confidence in Health Secretary Andrew Lansley as an emergency medicine consultant tells Channel 4 News about the shortages and pressures in NHS hospitals.
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LIVE BLOG: NHS listening tour
David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley go on the road to reassure people about the coalition government’s planned reforms to the NHS.
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NHS reforms: Government to listen to workers’ concerns
David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Andrew Lansley are to answer questions on the controversial NHS reforms amid mounting criticism over the plans.
