Topic: Andrew Lansley

The Health Secretary Andrew Lansley on Thursday launched a drive to reduce the number of patients waiting more than 18 weeks for hospital treatment. Around a quarter of a million people in England have been waiting for non-urgent treatment in England for ...

Lansley says sorry to nurses over UK health reforms

LONDON(Reuters) - Health Secretary Andrew Lansley apologized for the poor communication of his health reforms and said changes would be made to draft legislation after nurses passed a vote of no confidence in him.At their annual conference on Wednesday, members of the ...

Health Secretary loses nurses' confidence vote

Nurses attending the Royal College of Nursing conference on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favour of a motion saying they have "no confidence" in Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's steering of NHS reforms.Some 96 percent of the 497 delegates at the RCN conference in ...

Furious nurses vote "no confidence" in UK

LONDON (Reuters) - Nurses overwhelmingly passed a vote of no confidence in Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's handling of health reforms on Wednesday, warning budget cuts could have "catastrophic" consequences for patient care.At their annual conference, members of the powerful Royal College of ...
An official probe was today launched into a hospital where poor standards and conditions are believed to have caused hundreds of deaths.. The inquiry will centre on failings at Stafford Hospital, where patients were starved, dehydrated, left in agony and told to ...

Hospital neglect inquiry begins

A public inquiry is to begin into failings at an NHS hospital criticised for routinely neglecting patients and providing appalling standards of care.. The inquiry, announced by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley in June, aims to build on the work of an earlier ...
The Tories were today accused of making a U-turn over hospital cutbacks as the first A&E unit in London to close under the coalition government prepared to do so. The closure of the A&E and maternity departments at Queen Mary's comes after ...

Mixed sex wards to be abolished 'by end of year'

A pledge to scrap mixed-sex accommodation in hospitals came under fire today when it emerged that it will mean partitions being erected in existing wards.. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley will tomorrow announce guidelines to force hospital trusts to ensure men and women ...

Conservatives to empower GPs

Information about several topics discussed at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, England is presented. 4/3October2008 www.healthcarerepiihHc.com 1 9 NEWS 3 The role of antibiotics in treating acute sinusitis Journals Watch, page 22 i EXCLUSIVE Relations with DoH thaw over Darzi and ...

Alan Johnson 'has no news is good news' NHS policy

HEALTH Secretary Alan Johnson was accused of a " no news is good news" policy today amid claims that the Government is keeping quiet about the NHS to avoid damaging publicity.. "Apparently ministers and advisers have taken the decision not to talk ...
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