Life & Society: Health

NHS is heading for the "perfect storm"

Hamish Meldrum, head of the BMA, says Andrew Lansley is forcing unworkable, unprecedented “efficiency savings” on doctors — very much against their will.

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The Politics Interview - Andy Burnham

Yes, the Lansley plans are unpopular. But what would Labour do differently? Rafael Behr meets Andy Burnham

Leader: Mr Cameron, these NHS reforms are a mess that no one can defend

Cameron says that this is not the "privatisation" of the health service. There is no better word.

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ConservativeHome calls for health bill to be scrapped

Three Tory cabinet ministers "almost instructed" influential website to come out against NHS reform.

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Lansley fights another day as Cameron backs NHS reform

The PM moves to squash speculation about the Health Secretary's future as the Lords prepare to debate the bill.

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Leader: Now is Mr Cameron’s chance to halt the NHS sell-off

The health service must not be transformed into a market free-for-all.

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The NHS is toxic for the Tories and they know it

An increasing number of Conservative MPs are starting to think the unloved health reforms ought somehow to be killed.

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The pressure rises on Andrew Lansley

The Health Secretary failed to rebut the charge that his reforms are "a disruption and a distraction".

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The NS Interview: Julie Makani, tropical medicine researcher

“Mothers who have lost children now know their lives mattered”

Lansley's magic trick with NHS waiting times

Whatever we may like to tell ourselves, NHS care is rationed by the amount of money we're willing to pour into the system.

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