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Andy Burnham confirms health and social care marriage
Health secretary Andy Burnham has told MPs that the NHS and local government should stop applying rigid rules about which services they each pay for, in direct response to HSJ’s revelation that the NHS is expected to take greater responsibility for social care.
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NHS Confederation warns pay cuts could cause problems
The NHS Confederation has warned that pay caps announced today by the chancellor need to be handled with care to avoid staff shortages and disruption of services.
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KPMG criticises chancellor's short term pledges
Consultancy KPMG has warned that the chancellor’s pledge to increase real terms frontline health spending will need to be swiftly revisited.
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Alistair Darling spells out real terms cut to the NHS budget
The chancellor’s pre-Budget report translates into real terms cuts to the NHS budget from 2011-12 onwards, the chief economist of the King’s Fund has said.
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Public sector workers to get real terms pay cuts
Public sector workers face real terms pay cuts from 2011-12 onwards, according to the Treasury’s own figures.
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Osborne attacks Darling pledge to increase spending on frontline services
The Conservatives have accused the chancellor of trying to “ring fence a black hole” over his pledge to protect spending on frontline services in the pre-Budget report.
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Pre-Budget report removes £500m in health capital spending
The Treasury appears to have removed £500m of capital spending allowances from the health budget since April.
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Unison furious over pay and pension caps
Unison has condemned Alistair Darling’s pay controls as a betrayal of public sector workers.
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Alistair Darling guarantees spending increases on 'frontline NHS'
Chancellor Alistair Darling has pledged spending increases for the “frontline NHS” for two years from 2011.
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Government spending growth will fall to 0.8 per cent by 2014
Chancellor Alistair Darling said in his pre-Budget speech that spending growth will fall to 0.8 per cent a year between 2011-12 and 2014-15.
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Alistair Darling pledges research and development boost for pharmaceutical industries
Chancellor Alistair Darling has said he wants to encourage research and development in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, announcing a new lower 10 pence corporation tax on income which stems from patents in the UK.
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Public sector pensions to be brought in line with private sector, Alistair Darling says
Public sector pensions must be brought “broadly in line with those offered to the private sector”, chancellor Alistair Darling has announced.
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Both regulators leaderless as Monitor fails to appoint chair
Attempts to find a successor for Monitor executive chair Bill Moyes have stalled, leaving both major NHS regulators without a permanent chair.
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NHS operating framework hits hard
The NHS operating framework for 2010-11 is expected to include “hard hitting” measures to cut the cost and number of hospital procedures and tackle inefficiencies in community health services.
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Labour plan puts adult social care in NHS hands as ministers seek savings
Radical proposals to give the NHS responsibility for social care are expected to be at the heart of a government “vision” of how the health service will be able to thrive in the context of restricted funding.
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Cynthia Bower: CQC is clear on its role
The Care Quality Commission will not succumb to pressure to increase regulation and is “absolutely clear” about its role, chief executive Cynthia Bower has insisted.
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Experts attack plans for mandatory error reports
Patient safety experts have attacked plans to punish trusts that fail to report errors resulting in harm to patients.
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London NHS commissioners reply to cost criticisms
London’s central commissioning support body has insisted it is responding to concerns about its cost.
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NHS boards react to Gordon Brown’s salary shame threat
Forcing organisations to publicly justify the salary of every manager earning more than £150,000 would damage the NHS, boards have warned.
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Website puts PCTs under fresh public spotlight
The public can now monitor how their primary care trust and other local public services are performing against priority areas for improvement using one website.