Health Policy Debate


References
  1. Tony Blair. This is the time to hold firm. Speech to the Labour Party Policy Forum: 1 July 2006; Read more here.
  2. Nicholas Timmins. NHS appointment raises questions about commitment to reform. Financial Times: 38 July 2006.
  3. Laura Donnelly. Nicholson: new chief executive believes market is way towards equality. Health Service Journal: 3 August 2006.
  4. Laura Donnelly. London SHA chief is sole NHS candidate on top job short list. HSJ: 20 July 2006; 6.
  5. John Carvel. Did the NHS slow Blair’s Atlantic drift? The Guardian: 2 August 2006; Read more here.
  6. BBC news. Hospital redundancies now likely. BBC on-line: 1 August 2006; Read more here.
  7. BBC news. Hospital expansion plans downsized. BBC online: 1 August 2006; Read more here.
  8. BBC News. Hospitals set to sack chaplains. BBC: 9 August 200; Read more here.
  9. Helen Mooney. London PCTs expect to spend sixth of Choosing Health cash. HSJ: 27 July 2006; 5.
  10. Celia Hall. Hospital fined for treating too many patients. Daily Telegraph: 2 August 2006; Read more here.
  11. Hospital axes posts. The Sun: 5 August 2006; 2.
  12. David Brindle. Poor areas hit by NHS cuts in London. The Guardian: 7 August 2006; Read more here.
  13. Michael Day. Geography lessons. Guardian Society: 2 August 2006; Read more here.
  14. John Appleby. Local variations in NHS spending priorities. King’s Fund briefing paper: 9 August 2006.
  15. Nick Bosanquet. Investment in the NHS – facing up to the reform agenda. Reform: 17 July 2006; Read more here.
  16. Robert Winnet. OFT probe into ‘price-fixing’ by health suppliers. The Sunday Times: 6 August 2006 Read more here.
  17. Nick Edwards. Statutory control on decisions is not enough to allay fears. Health Service Journal: 20 July 2006; 3.
  18. John Carvel. £64bn NHS privatisation plan revealed. The Guardian: 30 June 2006; Read more here.
  19. Genevieve Roberts. Private sector to ‘help’ NHS primary care trusts. The Independent: 30 June 2006.
  20. Nicholas Timmins. New tilt at care deals. Financial Times: 14 July 2006.
  21. Noel Plumridge. On questioning commissioning. Health Service Journal: 20 July 2006; 19.
  22. Joe Farrington-Douglas. Speak out. HSJ: 20 July 2006; 21.
  23. House of Commons Health Committee Independent Sector Treatment Centres. Fourth Report of Session 2005–06, Volume I; 25 July 2006.
  24. John Lawlor. Early thinking – early learning. The South Yorkshire Payment by Results Laboratory project: August 2006.
  25. Helen Mooney. Foundation trust status planned for primary care. Health Service Journal: 20 July 2006; 6.
  26. Bagehot. The fight over a big idea. The Economist: 22 July 2006; 42.
  27. Nick Edwards. Much needed campaign brought closer in the midst of gloom. HSJ: 27 July 2006; 3.
  28. Laura Donnelly. ‘Managers are wrongly maligned’. HSJ: 27 July 2006; 18.
  29. Laura Donnelly. New push to engage staff. HSJ: 27 July 2006; 6.
  30. John Carvel. Hewitt’s plan to part-privatise NHS management angers unions. The Guardian: 14 August.
  31. Helen Mooney. Fury as anti-competitive £30m contract awarded. HSJ: 20 July 2006; 8.
  32. Nick Triggle. Is this the NHS market? Shh…BBC.co.uk: 6 August 2006; Read more here.
  33. Department of Health Press Release: Reforming pathology around the patient; 2 August 2006.
  34. Nigel Hawkes. Firm handed £4bn contract was investigated for overcharging. The Times: 31 July 2006; Read more here.
  35. Branwen Jeffries. Private GPs move in to the NHS. BBC News: 27 July 2006; Read more here.
  36. BBC. Boots ‘aims to host NHS clinics. BBCnewsonline: 24 July 2006; Read more here.
  37. Nicholas Timmins. Five named on shortlist for £1bn NHS deals. Financial Times: 31 July 2006.
  38. Frank Dobson. Exorbitant and wasteful. The Guardian: 3 July 2006; Read more here.
  39. Leader. Dancing with dogma. The Guardian: 27 July 2006; Read more here.
  40. Patricia Hewitt. Our goal is the best possible NHS. The Guardian: 1 August 2006; Read more here.
  41. Letter from Peter Fisher to The Guardian: 2 August 2006; Read more here.
  42. John Land. Unions warn of NHS 'summer of discontent'. 24dash.com; 31 July 2006; Read more here.
  43. Nick Edwards. Statutory control on decisions is not enough to allay fears. Health Service Journal: 20 July 2006; 3.
  44. Nigel Edwards. Meeting the challenge. NHS Confederation: June 2006.
  45. Mary-Louise Harding. Ex-leaders call for a ‘radical’ vision. Health Service Journal: 29 June 2006; 12.
  46. Mary-Louise Harding. Managers betrayed by outsourcing say union. HSJ: 20 July 2006; 7.

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