Hints and tips:
...Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s former spin-doctor (and a man not always associated with truth-telling), reckons so....
...The north London borough of Islington — a Labour heartland once home to the former prime minister Tony Blair and today the home of the current Labour party leader, Jeremy Corbyn — is attracting buyers away...
...Former head of the NHS Sir David Nicholson warned the health service will need funding early in the next parliament....
...Mr Stevens’ predecessor as NHS England chief executive, Sir David Nicholson, came under pressure over healthcare scandals and his penchant for first-class rail travel....
...Otherwise, Nicholson mines a seam of familiar stories about the flair and flaws of political and corporate bosses: from Tony Blair and George W. Bush to Jack Welch and Steve Jobs....
...The former Scottish rugby international, who attended school with former UK prime minister Tony Blair and is a friend of former US president George W Bush, hands over the reins of the company he listed in...
...The arrival of former prime minister Tony Blair drew a low grumble from the crowd, with one or two shouting in support....
...So why introduce a reform programme so vast – in the words of NHS chief executive David Nicholson – it could be “seen from space” ?...
...Tony Blair would have inquired whether they were interested in creating an interplanetary federation over which he could preside....
...Jeremy Nicholson, the director of the Energy Intensive Users’ Group, said the UK risked “creating incentives for investment to go elsewhere”....
...This is the route down which Tony Blair’s reforms were already taking the service – though rather more gently....
...Sir David Nicholson, the NHS chief executive and chief executive designate of the commissioning board, has acknowledged that: “It is down to individuals at the end of the day....
...By the description of Sir David Nicholson, the NHS chief executive, Andrew Lansley is set on turning the NHS upside down....
...By contrast, Sir David Nicholson, the NHS chief executive, has described the plan to hand over the commissioning of perhaps £80bn of NHS care to GPs as the biggest change management programme in the world...
...The NHS budget will be under “incredible pressure” in the coming years, Simon Burns, the health minister, has conceded as Sir David Nicholson, NHS chief executive, said the quality and productivity challenge...
...Sir David Nicholson, the senior NHS official charged with overseeing the reforms, begs to differ. He says the process is “really revolutionary”; something that “turns the whole system on its head”....
...From Mr George Nicholson....
...Blair”....
...Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair’s former chief of staff, said the coalition sees Labour’s approach as having been too target and command and control-driven. “There is some truth in that....
...Since Tony Blair left office, tracking Labour’s fluctuating attitude to the role of choice and competition in improving the NHS has taken the skills of a Kremlinologist....
...This is not… harking back to the interview that David [Sir David Nicholson, NHS chief executive] gave you before Christmas. I genuinely don’t think that this is an ideological programme at all....
...As Sir David Nicholson, the NHS chief executive, said on Monday: “The clarity of the vision is all very well. The big issue is how do we manage the transition.” With immense difficulty, is the answer....
...Sir David Nicholson, the NHS chief executive, is understood to have told colleagues that Mr Lansley’s plans are “really revolutionary”, while the NHS Confederation has told its hospital and health authority...
...Mr Umunna is still favourite to win but the bookies have halved their odds on Chris Nicholson, the Lib Dem candidate, to 6-4....
...Even his greatest film, Chinatown, hinges on an act of mishearing realised not a moment too soon, Jack Nicholson’s private detective finding crucial new significance in the mumblings of a Chinese servant...
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