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Associate Parliamentary Health Group

June 2011

 

Wednesday 1st June

NHS 'listening exercise' to close BBC

 PCTs should live beyond 2013 to help GP consortiums bed in, says Nuffield trust BMJ 

 NHS reforms unlikely before February The Financial Times

 GP consortiums 'may not be accountable' for £60bn NHS spend The Guardian

 Planned GP consortia could lead to chaos – and top-down diktats The Independent

 Hospital services could suffer in less accountable NHS The Telegraph

 NHS Bill ‘lacks proper check on GP spending’ The Times


Monday 6th June

Lansley to stand and fight for his NHS reforms The Independent

 Cameron makes five NHS pledges to reassure critics of reforms The Telegraph


Tuesday 7th June 

Cameron: 'Five guarantees' on NHS BBC

 Council's fears over NHS reforms BBC  

Cameron to restate his faith in NHS reforms The Financial Times  

David Cameron and Nick Clegg to 'show unity' over report on NHS reforms The Guardian

Lord Owen urges Lib Dems to quash Health Bill HSJ 

PM to renew NHS reform drive HSJ 

GP commissioning 'poses new data risks' HSJ 

Back me or sack me over NHS reforms, Cameron tells voters The Independent

PM: My five vows to save our NHS The Sun

NHS reforms: health service must change to remain free to all, warns David Cameron The Telegraph

Cameron gives waiting time pledge The Times


Wednesday 8th June

Cameron unveils major NHS rethink BBC 

 We WON'T have U.S-style health system: Cameron makes five personal guarantees on NHS The Daily Mail

Miliband accuses Cameron of ‘mismanaging’ NHS The Financial Times

Conservatives alarmed over David Cameron's NHS concessions The Guardian

GP commissioning consortia boards must contain a doctor and nurse HSJ

Monitor duty to support integration of care HSJ

Central reform principles are 'not controversial' HSJ

Public outcry at health reforms forces Cameron to back down The Independent

David Cameron delivers five pledges to protect the NHS - but has already broken three The Mirror 

Victory in sight for Nursing Times' Seat on the Board Campaign The Nursing Times

PM scraps April 2013 deadline for commissioning handover to GPs Pulse

David Cameron: Trust me on the NHS The Sun

David Cameron abandons deadline for NHS reforms The Telegraph

Cameron changes the NHS prescription The Times


Thursday 9th June

GPs not ready to back NHS plans BBC

Thousands of family doctors to retire early because of NHS reforms The Guardian

Exclusive: Future Forum to suggest 'pragmatic' solutions to deaneries crisis HSJ 

Commissioning board to constrain consortia powers if 'not ready' HSJ 

Public Health England 'will not be trusted' as part of the DH HSJ 

Royal College commissioning school receives nearly £2m for GPs' training HSJ 

One in eight GPs wants to retire with half blaming NHS reforms The Telegraph


Friday 10th June

GPs want 'more NHS concessions' BBC 

Cameron proposes radical changes to England's NHS reforms BMJ 

Miliband accuses PM of ‘mismanaging’ NHS The Financial Times

NHS reforms behind GP retirement plans HSJ 

GP leaders vote for substantial changes to health bill The Nursing Times


Monday 13th June

Review to recommend NHS changes BBC

 Clegg savours success on NHS reform The Financial Times 

Nick Clegg under fire over health reform 'victory' The Guardian

Review of planned NHS changes to be published The Independent

David Cameron faces backbench revolt over NHS climbdown The Telegraph


Tuesday 14th June

Ministers to relaunch NHS plans BBC 

GP consortiums must learn from US experience, says expert BMJ 

David Cameron sounds retreat on health reforms as he makes concessions to Lib Dems The Daily Mail  

NHS competition drive watered down The Financial Times 

NHS bill reworked: a compromise that might just heal the coalition rift The Guardian  

'NHS reform is safe' – Andrew Lansley makes private plea for Tory support The Guardian  

Exclusive: ministers set to overrule Future Forum HSJ

Future Forum recommends dilution of Monitor role and public accountability for consortia HSJ

Private sector would refuse to recruit from NHS if forced to pay training costs - Forum HSJ

Councils poised to scale back consortia freedoms HSJ

Future Forum proposes to hand competition powers to Nicholson's commissioning board HSJ

Cameron concedes health reforms should be ripped up The Independent

Future forum rules against nurses having seat on boards Nursing Times

Future Forum calls for April 2013 deadline to be lifted Pulse

Loss of nerve: Cameron and Clegg in NHS climbdown The Sun

Cameron: we got it wrong on NHS reforms The Telegraph

Last-minute wrangle over NHS reform The Times


Wednesday 15th June

U-turn? It's a sign of strength, says PM as he puts positive spin on watered-down NHS reforms The Daily Mail

Reaction: Number of changes splits profession The Financial Times

NHS reform: Lansley wins over Tories and Lib Dems with updated plans The Guardian

David Cameron's bottom-up NHS reform goes downhill The Guardian

Brakes have been applied to competition, private sector complains HSJ

The National Wealth Service The Independent

Mixed reception for NHS climbdown The Independent

Government reveals fundamental changes to health bill Pulse

Research given pride of place in NHS rethink The Times


Thursday 16th June

Full steam ahead on NHS - Lansley BBC

Milburn attacks NHS 'car crash' BBC

NHS reform principles intact, Andrew Lansley insists The Guardian

Lib Dem pressure group celebrates NHS rethink The Guardian

Major power to be focused at centre HSJ

Fears raised over two-tier commissioning system HSJ

Milburn slams 'car crash' NHS plans The Independent

Majority of GPs do not want 2013 start for commissioning Pulse

Pathfinder GPs confront Lansley over health bill changes Pulse

This NHS debacle sets us back a generation The Telegraph

Retired doctors may return in new regime The Times


Friday 17th June

Health reforms will not succeed without public engagement, say providers BMJ

Abolition of strategic health authorities threatens screening of newborns, expert says BMJ

UK government's changes to health bill are welcomed by research community BMJ

Small voluntary sector groups risk closure, says King's Fund BMJ

GPs welcome rethink on Nice’s role in NHS The Financial Times

Nicholson: I feared Lansley’s competition rules HSJ

NHS boss issues health reform warning The Independent

Meldrum: Time to move on Pulse

Step up and meet the challenge, health chief tells doctors The Times


Tuesday 21st June

NICE will retain drug approval role in government U turn BMJ

Future Forum was truly independent and not influenced by government, claims chairman BMJ

Hospitals will be forced to admit medical errors, says government The Guardian

Government publishes full details of reform changes  HSJ

Groups to commission for 'their whole population' HSJ

Board membership requirements to be set out in regulations HSJ

Nurses win local power The Nursing Times

Nurses to have place on influential 'clinical senates' The Nursing Times

Clinical senates to cost and design services Pulse


Wednesday 22nd June

Why the NHS must engage with the voluntary sector The Guardian

DH admits preparing Health Bill changes before review report HSJ

PCTs to survive as 'outposts' of new commissioning board Pulse

NICE to retain rationing role Pulse

Revealed: How GP commissioning is already creating a two-tier NHS Pulse


Thursday 23rd June

Exclusive: NHS faces 'big problem' if reform timetable slips - Nicholson HSJ

DH denies FT momentum will be lost HSJ

Consortia face 'chaos' over move to match councils Pulse


Monday 27th June

NHS 'slash and burn' cuts warning BBC

NHS reforms could reduce patients' trust in doctors, BMA warns The Guardian

NHS reforms could destroy public trust in doctors, BMA warns The Independent

Health reforms could erode trusts in doctors, hears BMA The Telegraph

BMA warns against GP bonus plan The Times


Wednesday 29th June

Doctors reject revised NHS plans BBC

BMA meeting: BMA urges no let up in fight against damaging changes BMJ

Doctors reject NHS revised reforms saying they are 'one of the biggest social injustices' The Daily Mail

Doctors reject revised NHS reform bill The Financial Times

Meldrum: Reform changes 'more than a respray' HSJ

Doctors to call for Health Bill withdrawal HSJ

NHS forum GP admits private patient doubts The Guardian

Doctors reject coalition's changes to health plans The Guardian

Doctors call for end to NHS postcode 'injustice' The Independent

Moves to regulate assistants mooted in Parliament The Nursing Times

BMA members defy leadership to call for health bill to be scrapped Pulse


Thursday 30th June

Quangos rise from flames of the NHS The Guardian

BMA chair: we won 'unprecedented' change to bill HSJ

Private company handed GP commissioning budgets Pulse

Dorrell: Health bill merely a 'footnote' compared to £20bn efficiency challenge Pulse