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Tens of thousands of people have today sent a very clear message to the Prime Minister. They want him to listen and stop putting his political pride before the best interests of the NHS.Mr Cameron wants to legislate to turn our NHS into a free market. ...
Burnham MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, said after the Drop the Health Bill e-petition passed 100,000 signatures: “Tens of thousands of people have today sent a very clear message to the Prime Minister. They want him to listen and stop putting his...
Shadow Education Secretary Andy Burnham delivers his keynote speech on the fourth day of Britain's opposition Labour Party's annual conference, in Liverpool, northern England September 28, 2011. View Photo »
We have learnt from bitter experience not to trust the Prime Minister’s NHS pledges. Just two months after promising that there would be no privatisation of the health service, his Government outrageously orders the privatisation of three local services.
Burnham MP, Labour's Shadow Health Secretary, said in response to reports in newspapers that internal NHS documents have warned that the government's health reforms run a high risk of reducing levels of safety and patient care while leading to...
Backbench Business Committee. The petition was tabled by GP Kailash Chand. Despite anger from health professionals and patient groups - and private criticism of the bill by Tory Cabinet ministers - Prime Minister David Cameron is pressing ahead with the...
The latest of the regional risk assessments – which are carried out every three months – were drawn up in January, the Guardian reported. They are produced by the new NHS super-regions of London, the south of England, the Midlands and east, and the...
Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Election Coordinator Andy Burnham (L) hugs Yvonne Sharples Head of Parklands High School in Speke, Liverpool after she had addressed delegates during the fourth day of the annual Labour pary conference... View Photo »
When people are going to their private surgeries they are not getting a good response, that's what people are telling me.
The e-petition - which demands that Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's landmark Health and Social Care Bill be dropped - will now be considered for debate in the House of Commons. Shadow health Secretary Andy Burnham said the tens of thousands of...
Some of the anticipated problems are rated at the highest risk category, "significant", and many others are considered "high risk", even after mitigation measures designed to tackle the issues raised, and despite all actions taken after previous risk...
Andrew Murray Burnham MP (born January 7, 1970), usually known as Andy Burnham, is a British politician. He is the Labour Member of Parliament for the Greater Manchester constituency of Leigh and has been Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport since January 24, 2008. Full Article
Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Election Coordinator Andy Burnham (L) hugs Yvonne Sharples Head of Parklands High School in Speke, Liverpool after she had addressed delegates during the fourth day of the annual Labour pary conference in Liverpool, north-west England...
View Photo »Leader of the Labour Party Ed Miliband (R) looks towards Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Election Coordinator Andy Burnham (L) during the fourth day of the annual Labour pary conference in Liverpool, north-west England on September 28, 2011.
View Photo »LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 28: Shadow education secretary Andy Burnham delivers his keynote speech to delegates during the annual Labour party conference at the Echo Arena on September 28, 2011 in Liverpool, England. Speakers from Labour's shadow cabinet addressed delegates and...
View Photo »Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Election Coordinator Andy Burnham addresses delegates during the fourth day of the annual Labour pary conference in Liverpool, north-west England on September 28 2011.
View Photo »STAFFORD, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 06: Former Government Health Secretary Andy Burnham arrives at Stafford Civic Centre for the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry on on September 6, 2011 in Stafford, England. The inquiry continues following concerns about high death rates...
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 23: Andy Burnham, Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Education, gives an interview outside Parliament after Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivered his budget on March 23, 2011 in London, England. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has...
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 23: Andy Burnham, Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Education, gives an interview outside Parliament after Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivered his budget on March 23, 2011 in London, England. The Chancellor is expected to implement further...
View Photo »Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Election Coordinator Andy Burnham (L) hugs Yvonne Sharples Head of Parklands High School in Speke, Liverpool after she had addressed delegates during the fourth day of the annual Labour pary conference in Liverpool, north-west England...
View Photo »We have learnt from bitter experience not to trust the Prime Minister’s NHS pledges. Just two months after promising that there would be no privatisation of the health service, his Government outrageously orders the privatisation of three local services.
When people are going to their private surgeries they are not getting a good response, that's what people are telling me.
We will not allow David Cameron to throw away essential safeguards in his desperation to develop a credible industrial strategy.
If ever a reason was needed to stop this reorganisation then this is surely it. Spending nearly £3.5billion is unjustifiable.
This will take us straight back to bad old days of the Tory NHS, where patients are forced to choose between waiting longer or paying to go private
