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NewsMcKinsey report: politicians accused of not facing reality
The NHS Confederation has warned that the febrile political environment has “left behind all rational debate” over health service funding over the next five years.
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NewsEssex Cares bids for PCT role
Essex County Council’s new social care trading company could earn upwards of £3m a year in dividends and may take over some local PCT services
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NewsThink tanks vie to produce new ideas on controlling NHS costs
Giving clinicians responsibility for how to spend money and more central control over NHS procurement have been proposed by think tanks as alternative answers to making savings.
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News‘Unpopular NHS spending decisions should fall to PCTs’
Unpopular decisions about NHS spending should be made locally by primary care trusts, the Social Market Foundation said.
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Rival plan found only half of McKinsey savings
Rival consultancy firm KPMG told the Department of Health it could make less than half the savings McKinsey claimed were needed.
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NewsKing's Fund: higher NHS productivity could need investment up front
Reducing variations in NHS productivity would in some cases require more investment in services rather than less, the King’s Fund has suggested.
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NewsLondon health integration plan on the table
London’s boroughs are on the verge of sealing a deal to dramatically boost integration between councils and the NHS
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NewsShift NHS patients out of hospital urges Tribal
The only way to avoid the scale of NHS job cuts outlined by McKinsey is to radically reform where and how NHS staff work, according to consultants Tribal.
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NewsNHS boat scheme defended by council
A Hull councillor has defended a controversial NHS scheme that uses taxpayers’ money to train unemployed teenagers to sail boats.
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NewsTrust faces bad practice allegations
A senior NHS cancer specialist was branded a trouble-making whistleblower and effectively sacked after alleging bad practices at a London hospital, he will claim.
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NewsAcute trust mergers expected to increase
The co-operation and competition panel is expecting a surge in cases evaluating the costs and benefits of acute trust mergers, says its director Andrew Taylor.
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NewsMental health killings reports urge better information sharing
Reports into two killings by a man with schizophrenia have sparked calls for better sharing of information in management of mental health patients.
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NewsSwine flu overtime hours must be put on record
Managers will have to ensure that doctors who volunteer to work more than 48 hours a week during any resurgence of the flu pandemic have it “agreed in writing”.
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NewsBill Moyes tells foundation trusts to 'refuse to jump' to DH demands
Monitor executive chair Bill Moyes has told foundation trusts to defend their independence by “refusing to jump” in response to Department of Health demands.
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NewsWaiting time targets 'have not increased inequalities'
A recent drop in the length of NHS waiting times was experienced evenly throughout the country’s socio-economic landscape, according to a study.
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NHS Great Yarmouth unveils doctor as new chief executive
NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney has appointed a doctor, Sushil Jathanna, 52, as its new chief executive.
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NewsSouth Central SHA appoints new chief executive
South Central strategic health authority has appointed Andrea Young as its new chief executive. She will replace current chief executive Jim Easton on 1 October.
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NewsHospitals 'should appoint A&E alcohol liaison officers'
All NHS hospitals need to appoint an alcohol liaison officer to help patients in casualty come to terms with their drink problems, a senior emergency consultant has said.
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NewsUK faces hard choices on public spending, Alistair Darling warns
Chancellor Alistair Darling is set to announce that the UK faces “hard choices on public spending” after it emerges from recession.
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NewsNHS 'not ready' for swine flu pandemic - Tories
The Conservative Party has claimed the NHS is “ill-prepared” for the second wave of swine flu many experts believe will strike the UK in the coming months.