Andrew Haldenby

Type: Person

Name: Andrew Haldenby

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

NHS

NHS staff sickness rates 50% higher than in private sector

The NHS is a "dinosaur" when it comes to levels of staff sickness absence, with rates 50% higher than in the private sector, a thinktank has said.Reform said the NHS should learn from private companies about how to reduce sickness absence, and claims ... [Published Management in Practice - 19 hours ago]

Entities: NHS, Andrew Haldenby, Health Care

First reported Jun 09 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 1 reports

Ed Balls

Ed Ballss conversion over pension costs has thrown down the gauntlet to the Tories, says Andrew Haldenby

Ed Balls’s conversion over pension costs has thrown down the gauntlet to the Tories Reality is dawning on our political leaders. Admittedly, it might have happened sooner and they might have shown some enthusiasm for doing the right thing, rather than ... [Published Telegraph - Jun 09 2013]

Entities: Andrew Haldenby, Ed Balls, The Conservative Party (United Kingdom)

First reported Jun 09 2013 - Updated Jun 09 2013 - 1 reports

George Osborne

Telegraph Comment: It has taken a while, but Britain's financial reality might be starting to dawn on our political leaders

It has taken a while, but Britain's financial reality might be starting to dawn on our political leaders The 2010 election was notable, above all, for the impoverished nature of the political debate. With the country facing elemental choices about the ... [Published Telegraph - Jun 09 2013]

Entities: Ed Balls, George Osborne, United Kingdom, Andrew Haldenby

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Ministry of Defence

New ‘competency framework’ for the civil service

Think tank Reform’s Tara Majumdar looks at the planned changes for the management and accountability of the civil serviceYou could be forgiven for missing it, but from April, major change was afoot in Whitehall. The introduction of the new ‘competency ... [Published Ethos journal - May 24 2013]

Entities: Andrew Haldenby, Westminster, Ministry of Defence, Power Of Appointment, Lin Homer

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

The NHS: Curing all ills

IN THE end Sir David Nicholson, the man in charge of Britain’s health service for the past six years, went quietly. A bullish NHS “lifer”, he had been heavily criticised for oversights which allowed scandalously bad treatment of patients at the Mid Staffordshire ... [Published The Economist HK - May 23 2013]

Entities: NHS, NHS Management, Andrew Haldenby, Patient

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Fire service: in the vanguard of public service reform

Leading fire and rescue services are proving they can maintain or even improve effectiveness in the face of budget reductionsThe fire service is far from the biggest public service. Its annual budget of about £2bn is similar to what the NHS in England ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 01 2013]

Entities: Community Service, London, Andrew Haldenby

First reported Mar 05 2013 - Updated Mar 05 2013 - 1 reports

BBC British Broadcasting Corp

The BBC yet again presents a right wing think-tank’s work as objective research

It looks like a public body. It sounds like a public body. But Scotland's Commission on School Reform is the child of a privately-funded right wing think-tank. Why does the BBC play along? The BBC often reports on the official sounding “Commission on ... [Published open Democracy News Analysis - - Mar 05 2013]

Entities: BBC British Broadcasting Corp, Scotland, Right Wing, Education, Andrew Haldenby

First reported Feb 21 2013 - Updated Feb 21 2013 - 1 reports

What the BBC conceals on private prisons research

The national broadcaster fails to inform the public that ‘independent’ research urging more prison privatisation was funded by private prisons contractors. The BBC’s flagship Radio 4 Today Programme this morning featured fresh research by an organisation ... [Published open Democracy News Analysis - - Feb 21 2013]

Entities: BBC British Broadcasting Corp, G4S Plc, Serco Group plc, Andrew Haldenby, Sodexo SA

Quotes

Andrew Haldenby, Reform's director, said: "government is a dinosaur in the evolving world of better health. in the recession ... the out-of-date practices of most nhs organisations impose costs that the nation can ill afford."

NHS staff sickness rates 50% higher than in private sector [Published Management in Practice - 19 hours ago]