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NewsUnion warns on NHS cuts
A union leader is to warn political parties against making cuts in the NHS and pledge to build alliances to fight attacks on the service.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS sustainability: moving care into the community
More care in community settings is a must for a sustainable NHS as well as a healthier environment, says Jennifer Taylor
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NewsLeaders clash over healthcare at general election debate
The leaders of the three main parties made history last night as they crossed swords in the first ever televised prime ministerial general election debate.
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LeaderNHS medics must face the issue of productivity
Trusts are taking tentative steps into the landmine riddled territory of their consultants’ productivity.
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NewsNHS trusts issue wake-up call on consultant productivity
Trusts are challenging senior doctors to spend more time delivering care and to justify hours spent on non-clinical work, in what is being seen as a belated “wake-up call” on consultant productivity.
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CommentNoel Plumridge on the NHS budget
Here’s a summary of the financial plan for the English NHS.
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NewsHospital closures: the taboo has been broken
At the first whisper of a service or hospital closing, local campaigners and politicians launch vociferous protests. But despite this opposition the idea that we need fewer hospitals and beds is gathering momentum, writes Richard Vize
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NewsTrusts providing fewer than 2.5 SPAs or planning tougher evaluations
Trusts with fewer than 2.5 SPAs to 7.5 direct clinical care or where there are plans to review SPAsDetailsTrusts that said they are planning tougher evaluations of SPA time Poole Hospital Foundation Trust The Trust is considering a reduction in SPA to 1.5 up to 1 for Trust ...
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NewsPCTs pave the way for GP cash budgets in 2011-12
Primary care trusts in the East of England are planning on giving GP commissioners hard budgets next year, regardless of which party wins the election.
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SNP go on the attack over NHS funding
Health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has claimed that the NHS in Scotland would suffer at the hands of a “smash and grab” Labour or Tory government.
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NewsBMA cautious over Tory NHS plans
The British Medical Association has given a cautious response to healthcare plans announced in the Conservative Party election manifesto.
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NewsSenior pay: gap narrows in FT board level salary advantage
Board directors at foundation trusts are still leading the “NHS pay league” but the rest of the service is catching up, latest figures have revealed.
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NewsWhat Royal Surrey Foundation Trust sold
Names of products, dosages and units as described in a freedom of information release from Royal Surrey to Health Service Journal, April 2010.
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NewsFT admits selling low-stock drugs
Drugs controversially sold onto the export market by Royal Surrey County Hospital Foundation Trust included cancer drugs now listed as in short supply to the NHS, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsLib Dems unveil manifesto with pledge to cap managers' pay
The Liberal Democrats have unveiled their manifesto, pledging to protect frontline NHS services by slashing management budgets, scrapping strategic health authorities and capping managers’ pay.
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NewsLabour and Tories set out health plans to woo electorate
Both main political parties have launched their manifestos pledging extended 8am-8pm GP opening hours, free choice of hospital providers and an extension of foundation trusts.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: A Guide to Payment by Results in the NHS for 2009-10
This guide takes you through the ins and outs, says Jane Udall
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NewsNHS employers hire and fire excessively, says MiP
Rises in salaries earned by NHS chiefs are fuelled by the constant hiring and firing of senior staff, according to Managers in Partnership.
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NewsNick Clegg rules out backing immediate Tory cuts
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has said his party would not back a Conservative government that attempted to impose swingeing spending cuts in an emergency budget.
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NewsLabour pledges personalised care revolution
Personalised healthcare tailored to the needs of individual patients is a centrepiece of Labour’s general election manifesto.