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22nd June 2010 | Comments: 1
GP budget-holding will play a major part in the coalition's plans for the NHS. What lessons should be drawn from previous attempts to involve GPs in commissioning?
21st June 2010 | Comments: 2
The Secretary of State's revisions to the 2010/11 NHS Operating Framework have been published today and, as expected, the government is scaling back access targets.
15th June 2010
General practice lies at the heart of the new coalition government's plans for reform of the NHS in England.
10th June 2010 | Comments: 1
Candace Imison considers the future for the NHS as the coalition government begins to form its health policies and reforms for the NHS.
4th June 2010
What happens when we look at public money in terms of where it's spent instead of which organisations spend it? Richard Humphries explores the Total Place initiative
3rd June 2010 | Comments: 1
Ruth Robertson questions whether government plans to empower patients to choose their hospital will lead to improvements in services.
2nd June 2010
In an area where policy has frequently feared to go, NICE has provided practical solutions in its new guidance to alcohol consumption.
27th May 2010
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John Appleby compares the words found in the coalition government's health and social care policy statements and then in the Health Bill itself with our wordle.
26th May 2010
Anna Dixon asks whether the Health Bill will support the Conservatives’ ambitions to replace a ‘top down approach' with devolution of power to doctors and patients.
20th May 2010 | Comments: 1
The frontline staff we have spoken to as part of the Point of Care programme are telling us that the financial pressure of NHS reforms is already upon them.
14th May 2010
We pull together the health policies of the Conservative and Lib Dem manifestos pre-election, to see the how they could affect future health care policy.
14th May 2010 | Comments: 1
Patient demands and the desire to improve the quality of NHS services will outstrip NHS funding growth to the value of around £21 billion by 2013/14.
12th May 2010 | Comments: 2
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Yesterday's historic agreement means we have a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government in power. But what will this mean for health care policy and the NHS?
4th May 2010
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Last week's GSK IMPACT awards showcased the very best in third sector provision of health and social care services. (Blog, Mark Jennings, 4 May 2010)
30th April 2010 | Comments: 5
This week's Institute for Fiscal Studies' report drew attention to the political manifestos, but contained less information about how they would balance public finances.
29th April 2010 | Comments: 1
Over the past few months, there has been increasing talk about concepts such as 'employee ownership'. But would the 'John Lewis model' work for the NHS?
26th April 2010
As the election campaign ratchets up a gear prospective MPs are vying for our votes and using local service changes and promises to save hospitals as currency.
23rd April 2010
So far, health has been the dog that hasn't barked during the election campaign. So what light did a health hustings shed on the three main parties' health reform plans?
22nd April 2010
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Chris Ham, the new Chief Executive at The King's Fund talks about his first few weeks in the role and how the election has dominated his work so far.
20th April 2010 | Comments: 5
The three main political parties see public health as a significant issue for the future of health policy, but can we distinguish any differences in their plans?

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