Gary Gibbon
No more Morecambe and Wise?
Will the chaotic photo-op at Guy’s Hospital be the last run-out for the Cameron-Clegg double act, asks our Political Editor.
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NHS: Government U-turn gives drug powers back to NICE
The Government has backed down on its plans to strip the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) of its duty to recommend drugs and treatments for the National Health Service.
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
The three amigos sell NHS reforms
“My source said the Forum frequently felt it was trying to put the original plans into politically acceptable language, not make radical change to the original Lansley reforms.”
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Major changes to NHS reforms announced
Significant alterations of the Government’s NHS reforms are being published after a review found “deep-seated concerns” about the plans. Gary Gibbon looks at what the changes mean.
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Has politics or policy won on the NHS?
Good policy and good politics don’t always go hand in hand – do politicians act primarily on what they believe to be right, or what is right for their political position? After the kicking the Lib Dems took in May’s elections Nick Clegg declared the NHS was his priority – he seemed to have decided this was the issue on which to define himself as different to his coalition partners, to prove the Liberal Democrats were still a political force with a different point of view. The Conservatives too needed to show they had listened to the concerns of the medical profession and patients. So the politics has been addressed – but what about the policy?
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Changes to NHS reform plan to be set out
Experts are due to unveil recommendations on the Government’s plans for the NHS after Nick Clegg claimed victory for the Liberal Democrats in the row over health reforms.
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Gary Gibbon
NHS reforms: can the Coalition achieve what it wants?
As David Cameron announces some changes to controversial NHS reforms Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon asks whether the policy, aimed at driving down costs, has cost the coalition dear?
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Protesters target banks in NHS demos
Activists angry about proposed cuts to the NHS protest outside high street banks across the country, occupying some and transforming them into pretend hospitals.
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Elderly care standards: three health trusts break law
As inspectors raise serious concerns about care for the elderly in some NHS hospitals, one woman tells Channel 4 News that the care her 96-year-old mother received was “abominable”.
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Clegg signals NHS reform slowdown
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says the NHS will not “change for change’s sake”, as one Tory minister tells Channel 4 News negotiating with the Lib Dems is like “trying to pin down jelly.”
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Young and middle-aged hit hardest by flu
As new figures show a rise in the number of flu deaths, a world-renowned influenza expert tells Channel 4 News the Government’s decision to axe a flu ad campaign was a “big mistake”.
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David Cameron and the Ken Clarke problem
What next for embattled Justice Secretary Ken Clarke, after his controversial comments on rape? Krishnan Guru-Murthy looks at what the Prime Minister might be thinking.
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Absent Clarke the talk of PMQs
The row over Ken Clarke’s controversial comments on rape engulfs PMQs where Labour leader Ed Miliband ambushes the PM with calls for the Justice Secretary to go, writes Peter McHugh.
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Clegg demands NHS regulator re-think
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is set to oppose a key element of the NHS reforms. In a leaked document, he says he is unconvinced by plans for an “economic regulator” as if the NHS were a “utility”.
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Nick Clegg: NHS regulation re-think just the beginning
Nick Clegg is expected to propose further amendments to the Health Bill over the next few weeks as he attempts to appease his party over the scale and pace of the reforms, writes Victoria Macdonald.
