All Government/DH policy articles – Page 181
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CommentFrances Blunden on the burden of NHS bureaucracy
It is generally agreed that the burden of bureaucracy in the NHS is too great.
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Leader
Budget confirms that clinicians must accept responsibility for managing money
The arid financial landscape for the health service confirmed in yesterday’s Budget means the days of clinicians avoiding responsibility for managing money are over.
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News
Budget 2009: Improve NHS productivity or cut services - King's Fund
The NHS will face “significant cuts in its services” from 2011 unless it can become more productive, the King’s Fund said in response to today’s Budget.
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Budget 2009: ABPI welcomes tax review proposal
The pharmaceutical industry has welcomed plans in the Budget to consider changes that could make the tax system more favourable to research and innovation.
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NewsBudget 2009: 'PCT allocations safe'
The Department of Health will not need to revisit the allocations it has set for primary care trusts in 2010-11, HSJ has been told.
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NewsBudget 2009: funding squeeze looms in 2011, says David Nicholson
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has not ruled out a cash cut in NHS funding from 2011.
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News
Local government to make £600m extra efficiency savings
Local government has been asked to provide an extra £600m in efficiency savings next year.
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NewsBudget 2009: Health spending to rise by 5 per cent in 2010-11, says Darling
Investment in health services in 2010-11 will increase by more than 5 per cent, Chancellor Alistair Darling has confirmed.
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NewsAlistair Darling's Budget speech: minute by minute public sector announcements
13.19pm: Total annual limit for ISAs to be £10,200, of which £5,100 can be saved in cash
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News
UK government warns over EU health plans
Patients should not be able to charge the NHS for hospital services they receive abroad without first seeking permission from their primary care trust, the government has said.
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News
NHS Wales names new chief executives
NHS Wales has announced the chief executives of the health boards that will run primary and secondary care across the country from October.
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NewsPressure on to outsource NHS back offices
NHS organisations will come under pressure over the next year to outsource their back offices and make savings in the region of 20-30 per cent, yesterday’s Treasury report on efficiency suggests.
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CommentThe credit crunch and public health
The UK economy officially entered recession in January with unemployment levels rapidly climbing to levels not seen since 1997. What no one can predict is where the bottom of this economic crisis resides and exactly what it will mean for public health, writes Andrew Jones
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News
New unit to squeeze efficiencies from public sector
A new Whitehall unit should be set up to squeeze efficiencies out of the public sector property portfolio, Lord Carter’s review has recommended.
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NewsPublic sector ordered to save £9bn a year
The Treasury will today outline a public sector efficiency target that will rise to £9bn a year by 2013-14, HSJ has been told.
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CommentResponding to the European working time directive
The European working time directive provides an opportunity to reassess how junior doctors are trained in the NHS, writes John Coakley
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News
Government slashes '£15bn' from public spending
Chancellor Alistair Darling is preparing to set out an extra £15bn in public spending cuts between 2010-11 and 2012-13, The Times newspaper reported today.
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NHS Careers boosts applications to the health service
Nearly half of people who contact the NHS careers service take action to join the health service.
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CommentRobina Shah on developing diversity in the NHS
The recent Healthcare Commission report on race equality once again found NHS trusts to be wanting.
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DH seeks views on new mental health strategy
A series of “listening events” is being held to gather views on the Department of Health’s new mental health strategy.