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NewsLansley must focus on prevention and productivity - King's Fund
Andrew Lansley must increase NHS productivity and refocus the service on prevention in order to maintain the quality of services and avoid cuts, the King’s Fund has said.
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NewsNHS budget will increase in real terms, coalition document confirms
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have agreed there will be a real terms spending increase in the NHS budget.
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NewsFree NHS prescriptions should be axed, say public sector chiefs
Free prescriptions and eye tests, along with other universal benefits, must be considered for the axe, public sector chiefs have said.
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NewsControversial London reform left on knife-edge
The election outcome leaves London’s plans for significant cuts in hospital capacity on a knife-edge - and some trusts heading for deficit, HSJ has been told.
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£87m 'black hole' for health board
Health bosses in Wales are facing a £87.5 million budget hole, Wales Online has revealed.
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NewsYoung GPs 'priced out' of practices
Hard-up newly qualified doctors are being priced out of buying into practices because of crippling debt, an accountancy firm has claimed.
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NewsPFI revelation fails to tip balance to Lib Dems in North East battleground seat
Labour’s Roberta Blackman-Woods retained City of Durham after beginning the campaign lauding County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust’s “state of the art £91m hospital”.
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LeaderNHS managers are not overpaid – but their rewards must reflect results
Health service managers are comfortable with - or at least resigned to - the paradox of rising public expectation and plunging public regard.
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CommentMark Goldman on NHS trust takeovers
Good Hope Hospital’s deeply ingrained culture left it stuck in a rut. What lessons are there for future NHS takeovers?
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CommentYour Humble Servant: electioneering
‘We have survived another election campaign with no one promising to save or close us’
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CommentJeremy Taylor on involving patients in hospital closures
It is nearly a year since NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson announced the need for £15bn-£20bn of NHS efficiency savings.
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NewsRoyal College of Midwives warns against NHS cuts
Cuts being planned for the NHS could lead to the emergence of “baby factories”, the disappearance of some hospitals from cities and a general worsening of healthcare in the UK, the Royal College of Midwives trade union has said.
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CommentMichael White: what the new government will mean for health
Cheer up, the election campaign is more or less over now and the country is finally bracing itself for the tricky bit.
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NewsTraining budget cuts to hit doctor numbers
Cuts in funding for trainee doctors could result in too few specialists on wards, it has been claimed.
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Curbing public sector pay will be difficult, study claims
The new government will find it difficult to impose a pay freeze in the public sector because of rising inflation and a thaw in wage restraint in private firms, according to a new report.
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NewsDavid Cameron insists cuts won't hit frontline NHS
David Cameron has denied that “tough” decisions on spending will mean cuts to frontline health services while campaigning in marginal seats he needs to win to secure overall victory.
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HSJ Knowledge
Exposed: the truth about NHS pay
Public sector pay is coming under intense scrutiny from the press and politicians. Over three weeks Peter Smith will dispel some of the myths they perpetuate
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NewsParties agree on need to tell patients about NHS service costs
All three main parties support ways of making the public more aware of the cost of NHS treatment and services, such as putting drug prices on prescriptions.
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News£34m budget shortfall will not hit frontline services, Sturgeon says
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has said frontline services in the NHS Grampian area will not suffer from a £34m budget deficit.
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NewsNHS hospital closures 'may improve patient care'
A group of leading doctors has defended the closure of some accident and emergency units and other hospital services, claiming they could actually improve patient care and save money in the long run.