Tag Archives: NHS
Ten things you need to know about the Health and Social Care Bill
Yesterday saw the release of a critical report from the cross-party Health Select Committee on the Health Minister, Andrew Lansley’s proposals to reorganise the NHS. Stephen Dorrell, the Committee’s Chairman and former Health Secretary, said that “the NHS should focus …
Payment by Results: The Perfect Storm of Public Sector Finances
Councils could use their new preventive health role to pilot programmes which achieve cost savings both to the council and the NHS. In Payment by results: The perfect storm of public sector finances the LGiU and Westminster council suggest councils target …
Health and wellbeing boards – a new resource for local government
Fiona Campbell, one of the authors of a new LGA resource for health and wellbeing boards and a regular contributor to LGIU briefings, discusses the findings of the research she and Christine Heron carried out in developing the resource.
Local government does well in NHS Future Forum report
How has local government and localism come out of the Field Future Forum report? Pretty well: the forum recognises the potential key role of health andwellbeing boards and, indeed, wants to see this strengthened; they wantthe new consortia to be …
Will the pause in the passage of the health and social care bill affect local government?
Of course, we don’t yet know whether the pause will result in fundamental change or marginal change. If the changes to the core of the bill are not radical, then councils will still need to adjust to working with a …
NHS Modernisation – update on concerns and latest developments
How did a policy with universal endorsement for its emphasis on clinical engagement and patient choice end up facing extensive (and unusually consistent) criticism? Focus is inevitably falling on the Health Secretary, renowned for his knowledge of the NHS, but with …
Health and Social Care Bill – ‘a big ask’ but also a huge opportunity
Health and Social Care Bill – all 367 pages and explanatory notes as well… There weren’t many surprises in the Bill published yesterday, but it did provide more details about, for example, the new health and wellbeing boards and about …
local health services and accountability
Feedback from our big debate on health accountability last week, hosted with the All Party Parliamentary Local Government Group. We had a mix of local authorities around the table, represented by Councillors and officers working in the health field, with health …
