Victoria Macdonald
Does a lack of staff mean poor healthcare?
Is there a direct link between the number of staff available on a ward and good or bad patient care?
Search results for ‘department of health’
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Academies react strongly to unhealthy school meals claim
Claims by council leaders that more than a million children at academies and free schools could be eating unhealthy meals are rejected by these schools and the government.
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Health secretary will consider limits on sugar in food
The health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that he will consider capping the amount of sugar in foods aimed at children if the industry “doesn’t get its house in order”.
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Victoria Macdonald
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Do you live in the unhealthiest place in England?
From drug abuse to child obesity, new profiles released by the Department of Health show the disparity of health standards across England.
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Counting the cost of PFI in the national health service
With an NHS trust in danger of going bust, Channel 4 News looks at how many other hospitals are struggling to cope with the debts they have to repay under the private finance initiative.
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Health trusts face legal action over ‘cheap’ drug
An international drugs giant is taking legal action against four NHS trusts over their use of a cheaper, but “riskier” alternative treatment for a serious eye disease.
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Critic of NHS reforms demands health secretary apology
Speaking to Channel 4 News John Ashton, one of Cumbria’s top doctors, demands a government apology after being summoned to explain himself to local NHS chiefs for criticising planned health reforms.
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Health bill is ‘biggest upheaval in NHS history’
As the NHS reform bill begins its third reading, Channel 4 News Health and Social Care Correspondent Victoria Macdonald writes that it has polarised opinion across the spectrum at Westminster.
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FactCheck: How healthy are NHS waiting times?
The claim “Hospital waiting times have risen month on month under this government” Ed Miliband MP, Prime Minister’s Questions, April 27, 2011
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NHS: nurses ‘no confidence’ in Health Secretary
Nurses deliver a vote of no confidence in Health Secretary Andrew Lansley as an emergency medicine consultant tells Channel 4 News about the shortages and pressures in NHS hospitals.
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Andrew Lansley’s NHS plans: still in good health?
His opponents are questioning the embattled Health Secretary’s commitment to the NHS. But who are the advisers, lobbyists and health companies with ties to Andrew Lansley?
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50,000 NHS job cuts hit mental health services
More than 50,000 NHS jobs will be lost over the next five years due to Government spending cuts, a campaign group claims, as Channel 4 News finds mental health services could be badly hit.
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NHS reforms criticised by health charities
Channel 4 News takes a look at why leading healthcare charities are so worried about the radical reforms proposed for the NHS.
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NHS reforms signal biggest changes in health service history
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.
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Health Secretary Andrew Lansley: NHS reform will go ahead
Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and strategic health authorities will be abolished, as control of the NHS budget transfers to GPs. Hospitals will also be fined if they continue to use mixed-sex wards.
