Forum Brief: NHS operations
Policy Consultation 16 May 2002
The government's spending watchdog has found that thousands of hospital operations are lost every year.
Forum Brief: NHS reforms
Policy Consultation 15 May 2002
Government plans to make greater use of the private sector to treat NHS patients could pose a direct threat to health service capacity and reinforce regional treatment and waiting time
Forum Brief: Health service pay deal
Policy Consultation 10 May 2002
More than 300,000 heath service workers are to receive pay rises of up to 6.5 per cent.
Ad campaign reveals Labour's euro splits
News Article 10 May 2002
The European single currency has come under attack from a combination of unions, Labour "luvvies" and left-wing MPs.
Forum Brief: Mental health services
Policy Consultation 7 May 2002
Mental health services in Manchester are facing a £2 million cut in funding this financial year, according to public service union Unison.
Forum Brief: PFI hospital
Policy Consultation 29 April 2002
Plans for a new hospital in Yorkshire could push up local waiting lists because it will cut acute beds in the area by a quarter, according to Unison.
Forum Brief: Public sector pay
Policy Consultation 26 April 2002
Gordon Brown has put the brakes on public sector demands for pay rise, warning that there will be no "blank cheque" for pay claims from NHS staff and other public
Chancellor damps public sector pay hopes
Press Review 26 April 2002
Forum Brief: Lattice/National Grid merger
Policy Consultation 23 April 2002
Lattice and the National Grid have announced they are to merge.
Forum Brief: Local government strike ballot
Policy Consultation 19 April 2002
Members of public service union Unison working in local government are to be balloted on industrial action.
Forum Brief: Milburn announcement
Policy Consultation 19 April 2002
Alan Milburn has promised improvements in the NHS before the next general election.
Forum Brief: Health sector Budget response
Policy Consultation 17 April 2002
Gordon Brown has announced a rapid increase in NHS spending, broadly in line with the conclusions of Derek Wanless in his review of future health spending needs.
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.
Forum Brief: Minimum wage
Policy Consultation 16 April 2002
Low-paid workers are to receive a 10p-an-hour rise, Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt has revealed.
Prentis warns of 'summer of discontent'
Press Review 16 April 2002
