Health

Back on the bottle: Government publishes Alcohol Strategy, Select Committee launches inquiry

28/03/2012 With the premature launch of the Alcohol Strategy last week, David Cameron diverted criticism from his Chancellor’s Budget and turned his attention to the cheap price of alcohol.read more

Health Lexcomm : Health and Social Care Bill passes final hurdle

21/03/2012 “It’s not been our finest hour” said a senior member of the Cabinet to Lexcomm. And it hasn’t. As the Health and Social Care Bill finally limps onto the statute book in the coming weeks, we consider some of the key legislative changes and the impact they will have in the reformed NHS.read more

Health Lexcomm: Life Sciences Review

05/12/2011 NHS to be ‘fastest adopter of new ideas in the world’read more

Health Lexcomm: Post Conference 2011

07/10/2011 Consession time? Will next week's return to Westminster see more changes to the Health Billread more

Health Lexcomm: Finding The Right Remedy

20/07/2011 With the Westminster village consumed by the fallout from ‘Hackgate’, it is perhaps easy to forget the political trials and tribulations faced by the Government’s health reform programme over recent months.read more

Health Lexcomm: The Listening Is Over. It’s Back To Business.

14/06/2011 The two month pause is over. The Future Forum has reported and the Government has set out its response. Now it is time for action.read more

Health Lexcomm: Crunch Time For Lansley

09/05/2011 With the Liberal Democrats agitating for change, the Health and Social Care Bill enters a difficult period.read more

Health Lexcomm: Public Health White Paper

30/11/2010 Today’s Public Health White Paper provides an insight into Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s plans to create a healthier Britain.read more

Health White Paper Analysis

12/07/2010 Almost as soon as the ink dried on the coalition agreement, the Health Secretary Andrew Lansley set about putting his ambitious and radical reforms of the NHS into practice.read more

Cancer Hits Centre Stage – But At What Cost?

07/04/2010 Access to medicines has long been a contentious issue and whilst electorally appealing, the Conservative Party’s pledge leaves many questions unanswered.read more

Social Care Disunity – The Key Issue For The General Election

30/03/2010 At a high-tech launch event in London today, Health Secretary Andy Burnham published the eagerly anticipated Social Care White Paper, Building a National Care Service.read more