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.
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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.
Low-to-middle earners to bear brunt of latest prescription price increase
The latest prescription price increase is likely to fall disproportionately on low-to-middle earners, writes Resolution Foundation senior economist Matthew Whittaker.
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”.
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.
Holyrood vote exposes Tory splits on free prescriptions
The decision by MSPs to provide for free prescriptions north of the border not only sees the enactment of a key SNP manifesto pledge, but highlights the divisions within the UK Conservative party on the issue of free prescriptions.
Baroness Williams hits out at NHS reforms
Senior Lib Dem peer Shirley Willimas has said she can’t support the government’s NHS reforms, calling the scale of the reforms “too great” and leaving “too many questions unanswered”.