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News'NHS must be protected' - Unison
Unison has called on NHS workers to unite and press for a temporary ban on the provision of public health care by private companies.
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NewsGPs to earn £5.25 per swine-flu jab
An agreement between the British Medical Association (BMA) and Government means that GPs will be paid £5.25 for giving patients a single dose of swine-flu vaccine.
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NewsMP calls for Welsh ambulance service to be 'disbanded'
The under-performing Welsh ambulance service should be disbanded and run by the new local NHS boards, says Plaid Cymru health spokeswoman Helen Mary Jones.
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NewsNHS to ban premium rate numbers
Premium rate telephone numbers will be banned for all lines used by patients and the public to contact the NHS, Health Minister Mike O’Brien has announced.
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NewsSpending cuts not tax hikes: poll
People would rather see cuts in the NHS and other public services than tax hikes, and believe the Tories can better deliver value for money, according to YouGov.
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NewsScottish boards should introduce compensation caps
Soaring NHS compensation payouts in Scotland following medical blunders have prompted a call for a cap on the payments from Labour politicians.
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NewsThirty four trusts not meeting minimum standards
Thirty hospital trusts and four ambulance trusts have been identified as not meeting minimum standards under the NHS performance regime.
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NewsMental health killing prompts call for services to share information with police
Mental health services in Birmingham should review how they share information about service users with the police, an independent report into the fatal stabbing of a police officer has recommended.
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NewsNHS can double intensive care beds for swine flu peak
The NHS is capable of doubling the amount of intensive care beds available should there be a peak in the number of people hospitalised by swine flu, the government has announced.
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NewsInstitute of Directors joins Tax Payers' Alliance call for 10pc job cuts
A 10 per cent cut in non-frontline NHS staff is one of 34 measures mooted by the Institute of Directors and the Tax Payers’ Alliance to cut the public debt by £50 billion.
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NewsMichael Dixon: NHS 'must focus on primary care' in recession
The health service must shift the focus of resources to primary care as the recession impacts on budgets, according to the NHS Alliance.
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NewsPatient safety programme improves infection rates in Scotland
Infection rates are being cut in NHS hospitals, while patients are spending less time in intensive care in some hospitals thanks to an improvement programme, the Scottish government has said.
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NewsLansley: NHS growth will be much lower than under Thatcher
NHS spending growth under the Tories would be significantly less than that seen under Margaret Thatcher, Andrew Lansley has said.
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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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NewsLondon acutes could see workload fall by up to 72pc
London’s acute hospitals face a drop of up to 72 per cent in their workload and a 42 per cent cut in their annual income by 2016-17, a report disseminated by the capital’s strategic health authority has warned.
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NewsNHS cost-cutting: how to save £20bn by 2014
The McKinsey report sets out a range of advice to enable NHS organisations to achieve suggested savings.
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NewsNHS spending: McKinsey exposes hard choices to save £20bn
The McKinsey report leaked by HSJ last week lays bare the tough issues managers have to grasp as the funding squeeze looms, explains Sally Gainsbury
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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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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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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.