National press 2010-Feb 2013
Below are some links to articles and letters in the national press.
The Guardian 30-Jan-2013
We must act now if the NHS is to be saved
BBC News, 29-Jan-2013
Whittington Hospital: ‘Shock’ over site cut plans
The Evening Standard 28-Jan-2013
Whittington hospital plans cap on births to save cash
The Guardian 24-Jan-2013
NHS chief: stop playing politics with closures
The Evening Standard 24-Feb-2012
The Daily Mirror 09-Feb-2012
The Daily Mirror 21-May-2011 NHS listening exercise exposed as a sham
Daily Mail, 10-May-2011 The party message was: ‘Tell the Lib Dems to get stuffed, Prime Minister’
BBC News Online 9-may-2011 Government fights off Labour challenge to NHS plans
House of Commons Publications 27-Apr-2011
The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Commons has just published a report, which highlights a huge number of uncertainties regarding the government’s NHS reforms.
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The Guardian 18-Apr-2011 Open letter from the Federation of Surgical Specialty Associations
The Guardian 12-Apr-2011 NHS funding pressures hitting frontline, says A&E chief
The Guardian 12-Apr-2011 A&E chief delivers his verdict on ‘fragile’ frontline services
BBC News, 12-Apr-2011 NHS savings: London Ambulance Service to cut 890 jobs
BBC News, 12-Apr-2011Portsmouth hospital NHS cash ‘destined for tax haven’
The Independent, 13-Apr-2011 Nurses accuse Lansley of ducking out of facing them
The Daily Telegraph, 12-Apr-2011
Patients are denied high cost drugs by NHS trusts
Daily Mirror, 11-Apr-2011 Patients face prescription “stealth tax” as doctors ration drugs
The Independent, 11-Apr-2011 20,000 doctors and nurses to be cut as NHS feels the pain
The Independent, 11-Apr-2011 20,000 doctors and nurses to be cut as NHS feels the pain
The Guardian, 06-Mar-2011 NHS shakeup risks return to 1930s, warns leading doctor
The Telegraph, 03-Mar-2011 Patients at risk as health trusts trim out-of-hours care
The Guardian, 21-Feb-2011 NHS turmoil is just the start of Tory ideology run wild
The Telegraph, 19-Feb-2011 Ed Miliband: protests over NHS cuts will dwarf outrage over forests
BBC News, 03-Feb-2011 Barts and The London NHS Trust to cut 635 jobs
The Guardian, 30-Dec-2010 To avoid NHS privatisation, Lansley must change course
The Telegraph, 17-Dec-2010 Patients denied treatment as NHS makes cutbacks, Telegraph can disclose
Pulse, 08-Dec-2010 Pioneering pathfinder consortium signs referral management deal with UnitedHealth UK”
Daily Mail, 02-Dec-2010 Scandal that shames Britain: Join our campaign to end appalling treatment of the elderly on NHS wards as complaints reach record high
The Telegraph, 28-Nov-2010 Can you afford private medical insurance?
The Telegraph, 20-Nov-2010 Senior doctor attacks NHS reforms
The Guardian, 19-Nov-2010 Opponent of NHS reform driven by grim memories of 60s
The Guardian, 19-Nov-2010 Doctors warned to expect unrest over NHS reforms
The Guardian, 19-Nov-2010 NHS fares best on free access to healthcare
The Daily Mail, 19-Nov-2010 Now you’ll have to ring a call centre to see your GP: Receptionists face axe in plan to automate doctors’ appointments
The Guardian, 18-Nov-2010 Mutual decision: better healthcare or the end of the NHS?
The Guardian, 04-Nov-2010 Nobbling Nice will lead to a new NHS postcode lottery
The Guardian, 28-Oct-2010 A spotlight on the NHS revolution
The Guardian, 26-Oct-2010 How local government cuts will damage the NHS
The Daily Mail, 25-Oct-2010 Anger as number of patients waiting more than six weeks for crucial cancer tests doubles
The Guardian 24-Oct-2010 NHS white paper proposals backed by only one in four doctors
The Telegraph, 23-Oct-2010 Spending Review 2010: NHS faces bed-blocking crisis
The Independent, 18-Oct-2010 NHS slashes thousands of jobs – despite pledge to protect it from cuts
BBC News, 07-Oct-2010 GPs ‘uncertain if NHS shake-up will benefit patients’
The Guardian 05-Oct-2010 Health secretary defends NHS reforms as criticism grows
Daily Mirror, 02-Oct-2010 NHS reforms branded potentially dangerous by experts
The Guardian 01-Oct-2010 NHS reform is a ‘slash-and-burn approach’, says doctors’ union
The Independent 01-Oct-2010 BMA warns against ‘slash and burn’ health reforms
BBC News 01-Oct-2010 NHS reform plans will strengthen NHS, says government
Red Pepper, 30-Sep-2010 Vital resistance
The Guardian 27-Aug-2010 NHS Direct to be replaced by cut-price health advice service
The Guardian 24-Aug-2010 Unison goes to court to block planned NHS shake-up
Hospital Doctor 10-Aug-2010 NHS service reconfigurations surge expected
Health Insider 9-Aug-2010 Unison may challenge white paper process
The Mirror, 3-Aug-2010 Longer wait if private operations are on NHS
The Guardian 3-Aug-2010 Letter from DWHC
The Guardian 31-Jul-2010 conservatives-accused-over-hospitals-policy
The Mirror, 31-Jul-2010 Nick Clegg’s always wanted to destroy NHS says Andy Burnham
The Sunday Telegraph 25-Jul-2010 Axe-falls-on-NHS-services
The Lancet 24-Jul-2010 Mr Lansley: please tell us the truth
The Observer 18-Jul-2010 NHS reforms: Is Andrew Lansley’s brutal surgery really needed?
The Daily Telegraph 17-Jul-2010 NHS reforms will cost £3bn and will not work: academic
The New Statesman 15-Jul-2010 Leader: Yet more top-down prescriptions for the NHS
The Guardian 14-Jul-2010 NHS shakeup: a conspiracy to privatise?
The Guardian 14-Jul-2010 the-end-of-the-nhs-in-all-but-name
The Guardian 13-Jul-2010 michael-white-nhs-andrew-lansley
The Guardian 13-Jul-2010 national-health-service-nhs-editorial
The New Statesman 13-Jul-2010 Lansley’s NHS reforms will undermine fairness
The Guardian 12-Jul-2010 radical-nhs-reform-plans
The Guardian 12-Jul-2010 nhs-private-companies-gps-funds
The Guardian 12-Jul-2010 nhs-health-reform-andrew-lansley
The Union 12-Jul-2010
NHS white paper is an ‘untested, expensive Trojan Horse’ for more privatisation, says Unite
The Guardian 17-Jun-2010 Letter from DWHC
The Economist, 18-Mar-2010: A tale of two constituencies
The Guardian, 9-Mar-2010: Maternity services and NHS cash crisis
Socialist Worker, 27-Feb-2010: Thousands march to save Whittington hospital
The Guardian, 29-Jan-2010: Hands Off Our A&E
Please also see page 6 of Private Eye, Issue 1267. In the “HP Sauce” column there is a prominent article that begins “Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s restructuring of the NHS will delight the private healthcare companies, many owned by private equity firms that have generously donated to the Tories in recent past.”
