Category Archives: Andrew Lansley

Ed Miliband highlights the huge increase in quangos and costs associated with the ConDems’ destruction of the NHS – quangos are to increase from 163 to 521. The RNIB reports that operations are not being performed because of cuts. Tower Hamlets … Continue reading →

Conservative election poster 2010 A few recent news articles concerning the UK’s Conservative and Liberal-Democrat coalition government – the ConDem’s – brutal attack on the National Health Service. Doctors call for end to NHS postcode ‘injustice’ – Health News, Health … Continue reading →

There has been a noticable reduction in NHS articles in the corporate media since the acceptance of the Future Forum’s recommendations following it’s ‘Listening Exercise’. The corporate press and indeed many stupid MPs have accepted that the Con-Dems’ evil plans … Continue reading →

Wendy Savage writes at OpenDemocracy. Dr. Evan Harris warns of continuing NHS issues to Liberal Democrat activists at the Social Liberal Forum (SLF) conference “Liberalism, Equality and the State”. Andrew Lansley writes in the Independent suggesting that the NHS is … Continue reading →

NHS news is concerned with various responses to changes signalled by the government’s acceptance of Future Forum recommendations.   Conservative election poster 2010 A few recent news articles concerning the UK’s Conservative and Liberal-Democrat coalition government – the ConDem’s – … Continue reading →

The ‘Future Forum’ chaired by Steve Field reported on the ‘listening exercise’ on NHS reform yesterday. As expected, many changes were recommended to the Destroy the NHS bill. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley is expected to respond to the NHS Future … Continue reading →

David Cameron is to make a speech on the NHS today. The speech has been widely reported before the event and we know that he raise the fake-accountability of the ballot box and make five pledges attempting to persuade that … Continue reading →

The NHS listening exercise draws to a close. The BBC reports that “15,000 website responses and 720 letters” were recieved while 38Degrees report that their supporters sent 25,000 emails. The submission by the King’s Fund claims that accountability will decrease … Continue reading →

There is a seperate article addressing UK Uncut’s ‘Emergency Operation’. NHS news is concerned with various cuts to services, Tory privateer has an undeclared interest and speculation whether Lansley’s on his way. On a totally different topic: Take a look … Continue reading →

Nick Clegg is demanding the following changes to the Destroy the NHS Bill: These are are from a paper from Clegg to Prime Minister Cameron. It’s immediately noticable that there is not a demand that the Health Secretary continues to … Continue reading →

NHS news: Andrew Lansley’s NHS reforms are unworkable, says review chief | Society | The Guardian Prof Steve Field, chairman of the NHS Future Forum – set up last month to undertake the coalition’s “listening exercise” – flatly rejects the … Continue reading →

Lansley claims that he is not creating a market despite the private health industry expecting exactly that with healthcare bought privately or through health insurance, staff cuts affecting the standard of service, Lib-Dems demand that Monitor should not only promote … Continue reading →

I’m going to start with a few comments on Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and the Liberal-Democrat Party. This involves the wider political situation and is not strictly NHS news but it does have relevence to the Con-Dem bill to … Continue reading →