Labour backs bill to repeal NHS reforms
Labour backs private members bill intended to repeal the competition provisions in the coalition’s NHS reforms
Burnham bids to save job with ‘historic’ NHS motion
Andy Burnham will seek to strengthen Labour’s commitment to integrating social care into the NHS later – and reinforce his job security in the process.
Winter is coming: MPs’ words of warning for the NHS
Current plans for NHS services this winter “lack sufficient energy”, MPs on the Commons’ health committee have warned.
NHS death toll: Ten times worse than you thought
Up to 13,000 NHS patients could have died unnecessarily at England’s worst trusts since 2005, according to an explosive report out this week.
Ministers embroiled in health watchdog cover-up scandal
Ministers on both sides of the political divide are becoming increasingly implicated in the cover-ups at the NHS’ watchdog this weekend, as more details of the Care Quality Commission’s efforts to quash dissent continue to emerge.
Comment: Andy Burnham’s responsibility for the secrecy of the NHS
A culture of secrecy kept the truth from coming out about failures at the Universities of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust and Andy Burnham needs to take some responsibility for it.
‘Beneath contempt’: Tory blames A&E crisis on immigration
Labour has reacted with outrage at comments from a prominent Conservative MP blaming the escalating A&E crisis on immigrants.
Furious GPs lock stethoscopes with critical Hunt
GPs’ leaders are engaging in a bitter exchange of insults with health secretary Jeremy Hunt today, as relations between the government and health professionals reaches a new low.
Labour: These NHS reforms will not stand
Labour will repeal the NHS reforms coming into force today, it has confirmed.
NHS conflict of interest ‘threatens public trust’
Labour has demanded an investigation into the coalition’s controversial NHS reforms as evidence of a “colossal conflict of interest” at their heart emerges.
