NHS
Competition law to be introduced to the NHS
More details from the NHS white paper are emerging on the extent of marketisation and the role of competition that the coalition is planning to introduce.
PCTs: From being “champions for patients” to being abolished – in just two months
Yesterday's announcement that all 302 Primary Care Trusts in England will be abolished by 2013 with more power given to GPs represents a complete about-turn from the Coalition Agreement of less than two months ago.
The NHS turned upside down
Andrew Lansley’s new White Paper ‘Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS’ is being described as “the NHS turned upside down” by a leading health commentator.
The Budget warnings for the NHS
Conservatives increase in real terms funding for NHS will be far short of the increases under Labour and will struggle to keep pace with the pressures of medical technology and an ageing population.
Coalition’s NHS vision: diluting standards and incentivising profit
Health Secretary Lansley is pushing ahead with dilution of NHS universal standards and promoting risky plans giving GPs total budget control to buy all NHS care.
Tories and the NHS: end of the phoney war?
There is a range of views amongst Tory MPs about the future of the NHS; the phoney war during the election is likely to turn into something much more visceral.