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NHS contracts firm gave to Tories
An American health firm which runs key NHS services has donated £17,000 to the Tories, Electoral Commission records show.
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One in seven of staff made redundant win back jobs
More than one in seven NHS workers made redundant since May 2010 have been re-employed in the service, parliamentary figures show.
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Additional £240m for NHS IT
The Department of Health has increased the size of a technology fund for improving access to electronic patient records, from £260m to £500m.
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NHS bodies 'like warring parents'
The two organisations in charge of the health service in England “ought to get their act together”, NHS leaders have said.
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MPs warn on drugs for rare diseases
Patients with rare diseases could be denied access to cutting-edge therapies because of changes to the way drugs are funded, MPs have warned.
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NHS payment system 'needs reform'
Finance managers are calling for a reform of the NHS internal payments system.
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UK addictions costing billions
The UK is the “addiction capital of Europe”, with some of its highest rates of opiate addiction and dependence on alcohol, a report has warned.
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New end-of-life care group planned
The government is expected to announce a new coalition to examine end-of-life care in response to the scrapping of the controversial Liverpool care pathway.
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NHS 'gets 3,000 complaints a week'
The NHS in England receives more than 3,000 complaints a week, according to official data.
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UK's first private medical school announced
The UK’s first private medical school is about to be launched.
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Ambulance staff ballot warning
Union leaders have warned of the threat of industrial action among ambulance workers in a row over sick pay.
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Warning over migrant health charges
Government proposals for an extended charging system for migrants and short term visitors attempting to access healthcare in the UK could cause unintended damage to NHS services, the British Medical Association has warned.
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Private hospital groups face selling off sites
Private healthcare groups face having to sell off sites after the competition watchdog found 101 private hospitals across the UK have little local competition.
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Welsh cancer patients 'missing out' on new drugs
Cancer patients in Wales are more than four times less likely to receive a newer drug on the NHS than those in England, it is claimed.
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NHS spends £1.4bn on redundancy pay-offs
Ministers have been accused of wasting £1.4bn of NHS funding on redundancy pay-offs.
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Hospitals 'give own food top marks'
A disparity between patients’ and trusts’ ratings of hospital food has been highlighted by a campaign group.
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Government lodges appeal against Lewisham ruling
The government is to appeal against a High Court ruling over a decision to cut services at Lewisham Hospital.
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Fall in number of dentists earning £200,000-plus
The number of dentists earning more than £200,000 a year dropped slightly to around 700 in 2011-12, new figures show.
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Seven-day GP services to be trialed in Greater Manchester
STRUCTURE: A new six-month trial will see patients in the North West have greater access to GPs, with surgeries opened into the evening and on weekends in a bid to reduce the number of unnecessary A&E visits.
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Over-40s health checks dubbed 'waste of time'
Health checks offered to millions of people over 40 are a waste of time and could lead to people taking medicines unnecessarily, the head of the Royal College of GPs has said.Dr Clare Gerada said the government was promoting its NHS Health Check programme “against good evidence”.Her intervention comes after ...