All articles by The Press Association – Page 74
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Major supermarket chains back responsibility deal
Seven of the country’s largest food retailers have joined the government’s controversial responsibility deal, which is aimed at improving public health while avoiding regulation.
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Public sector executives face performance reviewed pay
Executives in the public sector should have 10 per cent of their pay held back and awarded only through good performance at the end of the year, under “radical” proposals by a government-commissioned report.
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SNP announces health pledges ahead of election
The SNP has announced plans for a £30m scheme to improve the early detection of cancer, aimed at saving more than 300 lives each year.
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Lib Dems rebuke leadership over NHS reforms
Nick Clegg sought to soothe anxious Liberal Democrats after they dealt him a sharp rebuke over the coalition’s controversial NHS reforms.
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NHS reform vital to treating long-term conditions, says Lansley
The NHS will not be able to meet the demands of people with long-term conditions such as diabetes and asthma unless it changes, according to the health secretary.
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Health bodies withdraw from alcohol policy
Leading health organisations have slammed the government’s “responsibility deal” on alcohol and refused to sign up as partners.
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NHS complaints regulations overhaul announced
New regulations to speed up the NHS complaints procedure in Wales have been announced by health minister Edwina Hart.
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Department rejects blood services claims
The Department of Health has rejected claims that it plans to privatise areas of the NHS blood service.
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Multi-million pound technology boost for health boards
A £4m IT system is to be set up across four health boards in Scotland to allow doctors to access the same “snapshot” of patient information.
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Hutton proposes pension overhaul
Former Labour cabinet minister Lord Hutton has suggested that those who work for the NHS, teachers and police should receive pensions based on their average salary throughout their career, rather than ones based on their pay immediately before they retire.
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Unions issue strike warning over pension reform
The government has been warned that implementing radical changes to public sector pensions could “light the blue touch paper” for strikes by millions of workers.
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NHS faces reform challenges - Nuffield Trust
The NHS faces challenges in ensuring safe and stable healthcare while the government’s reforms are implemented, according to a new report.
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NHS reform is 'biggest broken promise'
The government’s NHS reforms are rapidly becoming prime minister David Cameron’s “biggest broken promise”, Labour’s shadow health secretary has said.
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Hospitals will not have to close - Lansley
Hospitals will not have to close despite the NHS budget facing annual real-term cuts of 4 per cent, the government said.
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Contaminated blood inquiry to hear evidence
An inquiry into how people were infected with hepatitis C and HIV from contaminated blood will begin hearing evidence on Tuesday.
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Lib Dem MPs oppose health reforms
Two Liberal Democrat MPs have piled pressure on health secretary Andrew Lansley’s NHS shake-up plans by backing a Commons motion urging caution against how the reforms are implemented.
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Reforms 'will turn clock back to the 1930s'
Plans to reform the NHS could return healthcare provision to the days of the 1930s and ’40s, one of Britain’s leading doctors have warned.
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£775m for medical outcomes research
Government funding of up to £775m has been earmarked for “translational” medical research aimed at taking new discoveries from the lab bench to the hospital bed.
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Book balancing managers' 'biggest challenge'
The need to save cash and balance the books is the biggest challenge facing NHS managers, according to a survey.
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GPs demand hike in pay
GPs in Scotland deserve a pay increase of more than 20 per cent to bring them parity with the UK, according to doctors in north east Scotland.