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Watch: Andrew Lansley at HSJ's 'Delivering a New Approach to Public Health' conference
On the day the government’s radical reforms for the NHS were laid out in full in the Health and Social Care Bill, health secretary Andrew Lansley spoke to the audience at HSJ and LGC’s Public Health Congress about what the changes mean for the health service and the people who ...
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Bill may open up bank lending market to NHS hospitals
Government plans to make it easier for foundation trusts to use their property as loan security may open up a market for private sector lending to NHS hospitals, lawyers say.
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Monitor may pay private providers more
Private providers could be paid 14 per cent more than NHS competitors to encourage a fairer playing field, under changes in the Health Bill.
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SNP makes NHS record central to election campaign
The Scottish National Party highlighted improvements in the NHS and promised to protect health budgets in messages to supporters as the party launched its election campaign today.
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Dementia patients 'need more home care'
About 50,000 people with dementia will be forced into care homes early because of a lack of support in their own homes, experts warn.
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Trust ordered to pay £6.4m negligence claim
A boy who suffered severe brain damage during his delivery at an NHS birth centre in Hertfordshire has been awarded £6.4m in settlement of his medical negligence claim.
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Row over ambulance staff wage cut claim
Up to £5,000 a year could be lost from frontline ambulance staff wages as part of a drive to cut costs, union officials have claimed.
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The provider's essential guide to the Health Bill
As with commissioning consortia, the bill presented providers with a mixture of new freedoms and potential restraints.
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1,600 job cuts criticised by Unison
Union leaders have attacked plans to cut 1,600 posts at a Midlands trust, warning it could lead to a possible repeat of the hospital scandal that led to hundreds of avoidable deaths.
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NHS fraud rises a third in three years
The number of fraud cases investigated in the NHS has risen by 37% in the last three years amid the economic downturn, official figures have revealed.
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NHS writes off £35m owed by foreign patients
The NHS has failed to collect more than £35m owed by overseas patients for treatment in England since 2002, according to official figures.
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UK breast cancer rate blamed on obesity and alcohol
The UK ranks 11th out of 50 countries for rates of breast cancer, according to a new report.
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The commissioner's essential guide to the Health Bill
The new NHS Commissioning Board is likely to have “surprising” and “draconian” powers over commissioning consortia under Health Bill proposals, analysis suggests.
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Trust fined after asbestos breaches
A trust and a security firm it hired have both been fined for health and safety breaches after asbestos was released into a hospital.
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NHS Surrey invites offers for £650m community services contract
One of the largest primary care trusts in the country has put its community health provider arm out for tender at a value of up to £650m.
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Hospitals face fines for mixed-sex wards
Hospitals will be fined £250 per patient per day for breaking rules on mixed-sex accommodation after more than 11,000 breaches in just one month, the government has said.
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Government 'may take over flu vaccine ordering'
GPs could be forced to hand over control of ordering flu vaccine after complaints about this year’s programme, the government’s director of immunisation has suggested.
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40% of A&E patients do not need treatment
Almost 40% of people attending A&E and minor injury units leave without needing any treatment, according to a new report.
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NHS reforms 'risk patient backlash'
An influential health think tank has warned that the proposed radical changes to the NHS could turn patients against GPs because doctors are likely to start receiving “unpalatable” cash bonuses.
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Last of London's contentious reconfigurations set to be approved
The last of the capital’s contentious hospital reconfiguration plans is due to be approved by its strategic health authority next week.