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The Three Amigos: listening to worries over NHS reform
Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon on the joint appearance of the PM, the Deputy PM and the Health Secretary before the press and NHS staff in Surrey.
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The shake-up of the NHS is facing further intense criticism. Writing for Channel 4 News, Royal College of Nursing chief executive Dr Peter Carter says frontline staff are being attacked on all sides.
When the government announced their “pause for reflection” on reorganising the NHS it seemed pretty obvious they were not intending to fundamentally change the plan. If the idea was to take the sting out of the story it may end up doing the opposite.
Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon on the joint appearance of the PM, the Deputy PM and the Health Secretary before the press and NHS staff in Surrey.
Nick Clegg gives an indication that the Government’s timetable on NHS reform may slip.
As MPs call on the Government to take a scalpel to its controversial NHS reform bill, Nick Clegg admits that doctors may not be ready to take over responsibility for funding decisions by 2013.
Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs that he cannot remember a time when the Government last launched a consultation during a Bill’s progress through Parliament. It’s not a good sign for the NHS reforms, he says.
Two leading health experts write for Channel 4 News on the NHS reforms, warning they could destroy the principles on which the NHS was founded and leave it as a brand name and funding agency only.
The Claim “We are going to make our midwives’ lives a lot easier… we will increase the number of midwives by 3,000.” David Cameron
As Ministers propose a ban on displaying tobacco in shops and the introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes, Matthew Cain says the moves will tackle the ‘last bastion’ of branding.
Conflict of interest fears in the NHS reforms could “utterly destroy” the trust between doctors and patients, the Patients Association tells Channel 4 News, as doctors also raise concerns.
NHS frontline blog: rather than improvement, “choice” in the NHS could lead to a two tier system, with the poor and sick at the bottom, writes trauma surgeon Catherine Blake for Channel 4 News.
A Channel 4 News investigation reveals that under the reforms of the NHS, GPs could end up making decisions based on profit rather than the clinical needs of the patient.
The health reforms are so wideranging they may prove difficult to cover, writes Jon Snow – but more importantly, will they be difficult to implement as well?
As the “biggest reform” in the history of the NHS takes shape, the chairman of the British Medical Association writes for Channel 4 News on the potential risks in the Government’s plans.
The Government’s reforms signal one of the biggest upheavals for the National Health Service since it was formed 60 years ago, writes Social Affairs Correspondent Victoria Macdonald.