All Health Service Journal articles in 17 December 2009
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NewsCancer survival chances 'poor' in UK
The UK has among the worst cancer and heart attack survival rates in the developed world, a survey has revealed.
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NewsPreventing illness 'key to healthy future'
Preventing disease and illness is the key to a healthy future generation, the chief medical officer for Wales has said.
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InformationPre-Budget report 2009: in-depth coverage
Visit hsj.co.uk for more in-depth coverage of the pre-Budget report and its implications for the health service.
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NewsPublic sector pensions to be brought in line with private sector, Alistair Darling says
Public sector pensions must be brought “broadly in line with those offered to the private sector”, chancellor Alistair Darling has announced.
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NewsAlistair Darling pledges research and development boost for pharmaceutical industries
Chancellor Alistair Darling has said he wants to encourage research and development in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, announcing a new lower 10 pence corporation tax on income which stems from patents in the UK.
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NewsGovernment spending growth will fall to 0.8 per cent by 2014
Chancellor Alistair Darling said in his pre-Budget speech that spending growth will fall to 0.8 per cent a year between 2011-12 and 2014-15.
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NewsAlistair Darling guarantees spending increases on 'frontline NHS'
Chancellor Alistair Darling has pledged spending increases for the “frontline NHS” for two years from 2011.
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NewsUnison furious over pay and pension caps
Unison has condemned Alistair Darling’s pay controls as a betrayal of public sector workers.
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NewsPre-Budget report removes £500m in health capital spending
The Treasury appears to have removed £500m of capital spending allowances from the health budget since April.
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Awards 2009 video library
HSJ interviews the winners of the HSJ Awards 2009 to find out more about their winning initiatives and what the honour means to their organisations.
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NewsPublic sector workers to get real terms pay cuts
Public sector workers face real terms pay cuts from 2011-12 onwards, according to the Treasury’s own figures.
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NewsAlistair Darling spells out real terms cut to the NHS budget
The chancellor’s pre-Budget report translates into real terms cuts to the NHS budget from 2011-12 onwards, the chief economist of the King’s Fund has said.
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NewsKPMG criticises chancellor's short term pledges
Consultancy KPMG has warned that the chancellor’s pledge to increase real terms frontline health spending will need to be swiftly revisited.
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NewsNHS Confederation warns pay cuts could cause problems
The NHS Confederation has warned that pay caps announced today by the chancellor need to be handled with care to avoid staff shortages and disruption of services.
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NewsAndy Burnham confirms health and social care marriage
Health secretary Andy Burnham has told MPs that the NHS and local government should stop applying rigid rules about which services they each pay for, in direct response to HSJ’s revelation that the NHS is expected to take greater responsibility for social care.
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Treasury sets £10bn savings target
The Treasury has set the NHS a target of £10bn “value for money” savings a year by 2012-13.
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Auditors warn on impact of savings
The Scottish NHS will struggle to make £200m of planned “efficiency savings” next year without services being hit, a watchdog report said today.
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NewsCourt rules Monitor unlawful on private patient cap
The High Court has ruled the foundation trust regulator Monitor has been unlawful in its interpretation of the private patient income cap.
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NewsCall for NHS role in child detention care
The Royal Colleges of Paediatrics and Child Health, GPs and Psychiatrists, as well as the UK Faculty of Public Health, have said detention of children and their families in removal centres for failed asylum seekers causes “significant harm” and should be ended without delay.