All Health Service Journal articles in 28 October 2010 – Page 3
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NewsCost of pensions spirals by £6,000 a year
NHS managers will have to pay up to £6,000 extra towards their pensions each year under plans mooted by chancellor George Osborne.
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NewsLansley defends reforms as survey reveals doubts
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has defended planned reforms as it was reported only one in four of Britain’s doctors think they will improve patient care.
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NewsChild alcohol admissions up by a third
The number of under-18s admitted to hospital because of drinking has increased by a third, according to a new report.
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NewsAssault prosecutions up five-fold since 2005
Prosecutions for assaults against emergency service staff in the Scottish NHS have increased five-fold since 2005, according to the latest figures.
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NewsTreasury confirms £5.5bn DH underspends are lost
The respected health thinktank the Nuffield Trust has obtained confirmation the Department of Health will not be given access to the surpluses it has accumulated since 2007-08.
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NewsPublic sector job losses to hit 750,000
The number of public sector jobs to be axed as a result of the spending cuts will be around 750,000 - a quarter of a million more than government estimates, a respected economist has warned.
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NewsFall in cervical cancer screening numbers
The number of women tested for cervical cancer dropped this year, figures show, prompting concerns the “Jade Goody effect” may be tailing off.
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NewsRise in annual new cancer cases
The annual number of new cancer cases increased by 4% for men and 3.7% for women, according to the latest figures.
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NewsConsortia management allowance will be in operating framework, says Nicholson
The government hopes to reveal the value of the GP consortia management allowance in the operating framework in December, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has said.
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NewsSlow down will 'strangle' reforms, warns NAPC
Any slowing of the white paper reforms risks “strangling the life out of them”, the chair of the National Association of Primary Care has warned.
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NewsBudget increase will not be passed down to services, says King's Fund
The real terms increase in health funding will be “swallowed up” by rising costs in the NHS, John Appleby has warned in response to the spending review.
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NewsNicholson explains spending review settlement
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has written to NHS managers to explain the spending review settlement allocated by the treasury.
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NewsConfed responds to spending review
The spending review settlement is “as good as the NHS could have hoped for”, according to the NHS Confederation.
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NewsGovernment drops one-on-one cancer nurse plan
Plans made under Labour to improve cancer services and provide free prescriptions for people with long term conditions have been abandoned by the government, it has confirmed.
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NewsNHS capital spending to fall by 17 per cent
NHS capital spending will fall by 17 per cent in real terms between 2010-11 and 2014-15, the chancellor said today.
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NewsTreasury raids NHS capital budget to fund social care
£1bn of NHS funding will be transferred to social care by 2014-15 the chancellor said today, starting with £800m next financial year.
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NewsMinimal funding increase for NHS in spending review
NHS funding will increase by just 0.1 per cent above inflation from next year onwards, the chancellor has confirmed - the minimum required to meet the government’s “real terms increase” pledge.
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