Jeremy Hunt
Jeremy Hunt attacks Labour for A&E crisis
Andy Burnham summoned Jeremy Hunt to the Commons this afternoon for a shouty hour about who loves the NHS more. The Health Secretary’s answer to Labour’s urgent question on the… Continue reading
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Jeremy Hunt responds to the Francis Inquiry into Mid Staffs
‘The quality of patient care will be put at the heart of the NHS in an overhaul of the health and care system in response to the Francis Inquiry.’ This… Continue reading
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Jeremy Hunt continues his quest to make the Tories the party of the NHS
Jeremy Hunt used his address to the Conservative Spring Forum this afternoon as the next step in his quest to make the Conservatives the party of the NHS, not Labour.… Continue reading
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Tories set Labour in their crosshairs over Mid-Staffs
After today’s slightly confusing PMQs line from the Prime Minister about unidentified ‘people’ who ‘should be thinking of their positions’ after the Mid-Staffs scandal, ministers and loyal backbenchers have gone… Continue reading
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The NHS cancer surgeon who blew the whistle on foreigners scamming the NHS
Today’s Sunday Times splashes on news that David Cameron is going to crack down on health tourism – that is, foreign nationals coming to Britain primarily to claim free treatment… Continue reading
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Jeremy Hunt’s promising path as Health Secretary
When Jeremy Hunt became Health Secretary last September, the Google Alert I set up against his name would spew forth a regular stream of contemptuous comment on the new appointment.… Continue reading
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Will Hunt’s paperless NHS reform dream ever come true?
Jeremy Hunt has announced new plans to shift the NHS into the twenty first century by removing all vestiges of paper by 2018. While computerising health records sounds mundane and complicated, the Health… Continue reading
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PMQs blows underline importance of Tory NHS rehabilitation mission
While Ed Miliband wasn’t exactly Mr Pugnacious today at PMQs, one of his better blows was when he read out the promise in the Coalition Agreement to ‘stop the top-down… Continue reading
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Let Them Eat Gruel: The Government-Health-Security Complex Invades Your Kitchen - Spectator Blogs
Addressing the American people for the final time as President, Dwight Eisenhower warned that: This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the… Continue reading
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Leveson report: what the judge said about Jeremy Hunt
Jeremy Hunt was one of the most controversial figures caught up in the Leveson Inquiry, with Labour calling for the then Culture Secretary to resign over contact between his office… Continue reading
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Jeremy Hunt’s NHS Mandate will make the service even more cumbersome
Earlier this week my wife called to make a GP appointment for our daughter, who has been experiencing some worrying tummy pains. Middle of next week she was told, earliest.… Continue reading
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Abortion: Jeremy Hunt may be stupid, that doesn't mean he's wrong –
Jeremy Hunt: what a card! A row about abortion is just what the Conservative and Unionist party needs to kick-off its conference week! The MP for South West Surrey is… Continue reading
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Jeremy Hunt: no promises on the NHS ringfence
In this week’s Spectator James Forsyth interviews new Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt about how he will continue Andrew Lansley’s legacy on NHS reform. He says his ‘burning mission’ is to… Continue reading
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What will happen to the NHS budget?
George Osborne has long regarded support for the NHS as the most important aspect of Tory modernisation. For this reason, I think it is highly unlikely that the ring-fence will… Continue reading
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David Cameron’s oddballs
I’m coming to the conclusion that the character of the Cameron government is the inversion of the Brown government. During the dying days of New Labour there was a snarling,… Continue reading
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Jeremy Hunt and NHS spending
Reshuffles are significant when they change policy and not just personnel. The reason that so much attention is focused on Transport is that the decision to move Justine Greening does… Continue reading
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Morning of the Blunt Knives - Spectator Blogs
Provided you remember a few simple rules the Expectations Game should be the easiest test to pass in politics. It is not complicated: under-promise and over-deliver. Or, more succinctly, never… Continue reading
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1,200 extra troops to calm Olympic concerns
Ministers held their daily Cobra meeting this morning to check the progress of the Olympic preparations, with just three days before the opening ceremony. Following the meeting, Jeremy Hunt released… Continue reading
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Hunt praises G4S
Jeremy Hunt has given an interview to House magazine this week which is well worth a read, not least because he deals rather graciously with the failure of his Liberal Democrat colleagues… Continue reading
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Hunted Jeremy faces the media crowd
One time Tory leader contender (now cabinet dead man walking) Jeremy Hunt faced the suits last night at his first outing in media circles since being dragged through the gutter… Continue reading
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