January 2012

Wednesday 4th January

Individuals will still face significant social care costs even if politicians reach agreement on reform, experts say BBC

Thursday 5th January

Integrated care needs ‘ambitious’ target to succeed, DH told  HSJ

David Cameron orders merging of health and social care The Guardian

Friday 6th January

Exclusive: Cameron to announce Nursing Forum to investigate care standards The Nursing Times

Nurses must be told to 'talk to patients': PM's intervention is a damning indictment of care on our hospital wards The Daily Mail

Monday 9th January

Patients should have more say in treatment The Times

Tuesday 10th January

Integrated care needs ‘ambitious’ target to succeed, DH told HSJ

Wednesday 11th January

Future Forum: all commissioners should consider shared budget with NHS HSJ

Friday 13th January

GPs want the NHS reforms stopped: survey The Telegraph

Monday 16th January

NHS reforms: New evidence of Tory plans to privatise NHS by stealth The Mirror

Wednesday 18th January

Exclusive: Health Bill concessions on 'autonomy' and SoS accountability HSJ

Thursday 19th January

Abandon NHS bill, two unions say BBC

NHS reforms one year on: patients and staff deal with 'cuts and chaos' The Guardian

Nurses' concerns about NHS reform have been largely ignored The Guardian

Competitive tendering will be ‘as important’ as any qualified provider HSJ

Andrew Lansley defends health Bill plans The Independent

Nurses' leaders declare war on Tories' health reforms The Mirror

RCN and RCM harden their opposition to health bill The Nursing Times

Friday 20th January

Andrew Lansley: unions want to 'have a go at government' over health reforms The Guardian

Two royal colleges declare opposition to Health Bill HSJ

Unions use NHS reforms to 'have a go at Government', says Lansley The Independent

Tory NHS reforms blasted as "fatally flawed" by health leaders The Mirror

Royal College of Nursing nothing more than trade union: Andrew Lansley The Telegraph

Lansley: health unions are playing politics The Times

Monday 23rd January

Government hands over a quarter of NHS budget before the reforms are passed by Parliament The Mirror

Tuesday 24th January

NHS reforms 'hindering drive to make savings' BBC

Health committee: NHS is 'salami slicing' and could miss savings target HSJ

NHS shake-up hindering cuts to spending, says report The Independent

Wednesday 25th January

It's not too late to save the NHS from the barbarians The Guardian

Lansley defends NHS reforms after scathing report from MPs The Independent

Lord Owen backs opposition to NHS reforms The Times

Lansley and Dorrell row over NHS reform The Times

Thursday 26th January

Miliband and Cameron clash on NHS BBC

Fears grow over NHS plans future BBC

Medical leaders may seek Cameron talks over health bill concerns The Guardian

Medical Colleges considering position on NHS reforms The Telegraph

Friday 27th January

Public health doctors vote for their faculty to oppose the health bill BMJ

We need to move on from this polarised debate on the NHS bill The Guardian

Lansley tells BMA: stop spreading lies about my health reform Bill The Independent

Andrew Lansley: I won't cave in on NHS reform The Telegraph

Tuesday 31st January

NHS changes branded 'unholy mess' BBC

Increased reliance on private sector holds dangers for NHS, says report BMJ

'Poorly thought-through' NHS reforms are causing damaging upheaval, warn leading healthcare journals The Daily Mail

NHS reforms criticised by leading healthcare publications The Guardian

Fixed NHS prices could become 'increasingly problematic' commission warns HSJ

More NHS reform in five years 'guaranteed' if Bill goes through, say editors The Telegraph