by Sam | 21 Oct 2014 | Health
Monitor’s Chief Executive Dr David Bennett has used an interview in the Guardian to call for multimillion-pound annual increases in the NHS budget, if the service is to survive a “perfect storm” of pressures. Bennett cited an ageing and growing...
by Sam | 6 Oct 2014 | General Election 2015, Politics
A group of health leaders, including the heads of the British Medical Association and Royal Colleges of Nursing, Physicians, General Practitioners and others, as well as degenerative conditions charities has written to the leaders of the three major parties to stress...
by Sam | 22 Sep 2014 | General Election 2015, Politics
In an interview with the Guardian, Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, despite stating that he wants the NHS “at the heart of the Labour election campaign”, has once again ruled out tax increases to secure funding, adding: “I want to do whatever it takes to save the NHS under...
by Sam | 17 Sep 2014 | General Election 2015
The Guardian reports that Labour is considering a “bold” announcement on NHS funding as part of its attempt to put the issue in the spotlight and capitalise on its strength in that area ahead of the General Election. In addition to the recently reported...
by Sam | 15 Sep 2014 | General Election 2015
The Observer has reported that Labour Leader Ed Miliband is facing pressure by all wings of the Party to support an increase in National Insurance contributions to secure funding for the NHS. Former Education and Home Secretary Charles Clarke, considered to be a...
