Forum Brief: Wanless Report
Policy Consultation 17 April 2002
The Wanless report has today called for a greater percentage of national income to be spent on healthcare over the next two decades.
Health workers support Budget
News Article 17 April 2002
The chancellor's NHS spending boost has been given a warm welcome by frontline staff who are calling on the government to ensure pay and conditions are improved.
Forum Brief: CBI comments on NHS
Policy Consultation 15 April 2002
As Budget fever hots up, the CBI has today warned the chancellor to look to economic growth rather than higher taxes to boost public sector investment.
Forum Brief: Budget speculation
Policy Consultation 11 April 2002
The chancellor is this week finalising his budget which is expected to deliver the first "visible" tax increases since Labour came to office.
Forum Brief: Nursing figures
Policy Consultation 4 April 2002
Record numbers of nurses are leaving Britain to work abroad, according to new statistics from the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Forum Brief: Nursing and Midwifery Council
Policy Consultation 4 April 2002
A new regulatory body for nurses and midwives, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, has been launched this week.
Forum Brief: Employment practice for nurses
Policy Consultation 20 March 2002
Good employment practice makes a difference to nurses and patients, according to a new report by the Royal College of Nursing.
Forum Brief: Language test for nurses
Policy Consultation 8 March 2002
The United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting has ruled that nurses coming to work in the UK from overseas must pass a compulsory language test.
Forum Brief: Healthcare training
Policy Consultation 6 March 2002
Unison, the public sector union, has called for more training for nurses and other health workers to spot signs of harmful drinking levels.
Forum Brief: NHS care
Policy Consultation 28 February 2002
The British Medical Association has today published a new model of how doctors and nurses in the NHS might provide better care for patients.
Forum Brief: Blair and public services
Policy Consultation 21 February 2002
Public sector workers have joined forced to warn the prime minister that constant criticism is undermining staff morale.
Forum Brief: Nursing powers
Policy Consultation 19 February 2002
Health secretary Alan Milburn has announced new powers to nurses to prescribe drugs. Under the new plans antibiotics will be added to the list of medicines that those with training
Forum Brief: Spending review
Policy Consultation 19 February 2002
The Royal College of Nursing has called on the chancellor to commit £3 billion over five years to modernising the NHS.
Forum Brief: NHS recruitment drive
Policy Consultation 13 February 2002
The prime minister told a conference of NHS Trust and Primary Care Trust chief executives today that the NHS must become a "world class employer" if patients are to receive
Forum Brief: MMR vaccine
Policy Consultation 7 February 2002
The prime minister has once again stressed that he believes the MMR vaccine is safe and has strongly hinted that his son Leo has had the jab.
