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NewsNHS Direct cuts
The amount spent on NHS Direct from 2010-11 will be cut 8.5 per cent in real terms, the trust has announced.
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NewsReactor repairs hold up diagnostic test supplies
Trusts are likely to face mounting delays in diagnostic tests for cardiac, cancer and kidney patients due to a worldwide shortage of a vital radioactive material.
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NewsIT value for money
An incoming government should review the national IT programme, says a report, Fixing NHS IT, by right leaning think tank 2020health.
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NewsNHS staff satisfaction on the up
NHS staff report feeling more satisfied in their jobs and more supported by their managers, but a minority of organisations are not committed to improving engagement, according to the Department of Health.
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NewsPM's pay advisers say senior pay should sometimes be cut
Approximately 5,600 public sector staff earn more than £150,000 a year, the government’s advisory body on senior pay has said.
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NewsBudget cuts NHS spending estimate by £500m
The Budget today reduces the Treasury’s estimate for NHS spending as a whole this year by £500m.
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NewsSenior staff must show leadership on pay restraint, says chancellor
The government will commit to a new code of practice on senior pay setting in the public sector, today’s Budget announces, with a warning senior staff should “show leadership in pay restraint”.
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NewsBetter alcohol services could save hospitals £393m
Tens of thousands of hospital admissions for alcohol could be prevented each year if services to help drinkers were improved, a new report claims.
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NewsObesity charity criticises QOF for incentivising list making
Doctors are being paid to compile lists of obese patients and then do nothing with them, the chair of the National Obesity Forum has claimed.
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NewsNew £1.5m NHS uniforms 'cause rashes'
A £1.5m programme to introduce colour-coded NHS uniforms in Wales could be scrapped after scores of nurses complained that the items caused painful rashes.
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NewsBurnham, Lamb and Lansley clash in health debate
The three main political parties all accused each other of “failing the NHS” before Thursday evening’s televised debate between the Labour, Tory and Liberal Democrat leaders.
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NewsCambridgeshire PCT provider arm to become first 'community NHS trust'
The provider arm of Cambridgeshire primary care trust is to become the country’s first community NHS trust on its journey towards foundation status.
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NewsHSJ exclusive: Monitor appoints high profile chair
HSJ can reveal the foundation trust regulator’s incoming chair.
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NewsRCGP sets out post election wish list
The Royal College of GPs has called for longer consultation times and longer GP training in a manifesto targeted at whichever party wins the election.
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NewsA&E targets 'compromising safety'
Accident and emergency waiting time targets are endangering patient safety and care, a leading group of doctors has warned.
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NewsJail sentence for NHS fraudster
A senior NHS manager who fraudulently earned £245,246 over a five year period has been handed a 12 month prison sentence, suspended for a year. Hasan Tahsin was also ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work.
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NewsAmbulance system backed despite death
Ambulance bosses have reassured the public the systems used to dispatch emergency vehicles are up to scratch after it was revealed that a woman died when the ambulance sent to her was diverted to another incident.
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News£557m announced for Scottish NHS
The Scottish government will spend £557m on building new hospitals and upgrading the NHS in 2010-2011, it has been announced.
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NewsDarling promises 'sensible, giveaway-free Budget'
Chancellor Alistair Darling has promised a “sensible, workmanlike” Budget as he renewed his message that there would be no pre-election giveaways.
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NewsPM to unveil personalised public service web pages
Everyone in the country is to be given a personalised web page for accessing government services within a year as part of a plan to save billions of pounds by putting all public services online, Gordon Brown is to announce.