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Equity and excellence for children and young people
Submitted by Ben Nunn on 27-01-2012
Equity and excellence for children and young people
"Outcomes for children amongst the best of the world" that was the pledge of the Health Secretary yesterday at the launch of the Children's and Young People’s Forum which has been tasked with developing the first outcomes strategy for young people.
Common and complex: commissioning effective dementia services in the new world
Public health, private interest? MPs challenge Government plans
Submitted by Ben Nunn on 02-11-2011
The House of Commons Health Select Committee has this morning published their first report looking at the Coalition Government’s public health reforms. While the top-line recommendations have focussed on the effectiveness of the Department of Health’s new Responsibility Deal with the food and drink industry, and the need for Public Health England to be “visibly independent of central government”, the report raises a number of furthe
Cameron’s problem with women
Submitted by Ben Nunn on 04-10-2011
David Cameron's interview with the Sunday Times over the weekend seems to have reawakened an underlying problem for the Conservative Prime Minister – he has a problem with women.
Drunk on responsibility: can Andrew Lansley get the nation's battle against booze back on track?
Monday night’s Out of the long-grass and into the fire: Social care is set for a comeback
Submitted by Ben Nunn on 01-07-2011
As Richard Sloggett recently blogged, despite its prominence on the legislation's title, social care has very much been the distant partner during the recent debate surrounding the pause in the passage of the Health and Social Care Bill. Monday's report from the Dilnot Commission will throw social care back into the spotlight.
To tweak or not to tweak? The NHS dilemma
Submitted by Ben Nunn on 04-04-2011
Falling poll ratings, u-turns and hints of alternative future leadership. Nick Clegg’s position is, yet again, under scrutiny and the Deputy Prime Minister is now looking beyond May 5 and to the major policy challenge facing the Coalition Government – the NHS reforms.