Public Services
Healey seeks clarity on Lansley’s plans to turn NHS into a “genuine” market
Shadow health secretary John Healey MP to the Secretary of State Andrew Lansley MP seeking clarity on the coalition's plans to turn the NHS into a "genuine" market with price competition.
The worrying lack of power of the university fair access regulator
Ministers are now aware of the lack of powers that OFFA has, which leaves them with a couple of problems, writes Sally Hunt, general secretary of the University and College Union.
Yet more evidence of cuts to schools and hospitals
There was more evidence today of the impact of the coalition's cuts to education and the health service, with school building repais slashed and hospital bed numbers set to be culled by 20,000.
Another day, another false economy: The avoidable bed-blocking crisis
Following the revelation yesterday that more than 50,000 NHS jobs face the axe, a report out today shows how funding cuts are leading to an "intolerable" bed-blocking crisis.
Bitterness and acrimony over Northern Ireland budget
Ulster Unionist Party health minister Michael McGimpsey has been forced to deny that he intends to resign following a series of high profile spats with ministerial colleagues on the Stormont Executive.
Cameron’s “public sector revolution” – yet more NHS closures
In addition to the 3,000-plus hospital job cuts outlined by Left Foot Forward on Friday, further evidence emerged today of the savage cuts being inflicted on the NHS.