Grassroots Lib Dems expect Clegg and Burstow to deliver on changing NHS reforms
Liberal Democrats have left with a with a clear direction of travel on NHS for both the Party’s leadership.
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Open letter to Lib Dem members from John Healey
Following today’s decision by the Liberal Democrats to push for a re-write of the Government’s NHS bill, John Healey writes an open letter to Lib Dem members exclusively on Left Foot Forward.
Lib Dem grassroots seek to protect NHS
Lib Dem activists at the party’s spring conference will be speak out against NHS plans that go against either established party policy, democratically agreed upon at previous conferences, or our values.
38 Degrees members don’t think Lansley’s NHS plans are a done deal
38 Degrees members have identifies the future of the NHS as their top concern, and are mobilising to challenge Andrew Lansley’s plans as their top priority.
Police pay reform should promote performance, not penny-pinching
Responding to today’s publication of the Windsor Review, Tom Gash, a Fellow of the Institute for Government, says police pay reform should promote performance – not penny-pinching.
Another Lansley u-turn – this time over the “NHS privatisation tax”
Unite, the largest union in the country, have won their campaign against government plans to introduce a 14 per cent “NHS privatisation tax”.
Milburn rejects offer to be candidate for chair of NHS Commissioning Board
Embattled health secretary Andrew Lansley suffered a further blow today with the news former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn has rejected his personal request to become a candidate for the chair of the NHS Commissioning Board.
Will Lansley listen to Patient Opinion?
Andrew Lansley said: “Patients must have more say and more choice.” Patient Opinion succeeds in giving them more say; the only question is: will the government listen?
Why the government’s proposals on public health are dead on arrival
Shadow public health minister Diane Abbott writes exclusively for Left Foot Forward on the government’s proposals on public health.
Lansley’s retreat on price competition for healthcare
Campaigners against the coalition’s NHS reforms secured a victory this week, following a u-turn by Andrew Lansley on price competition for healthcare, reports Trevor Cheeseman.