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NewsMinimum alcohol price 'will save £700m'
A minimum price for alcohol of 45p a unit would save Scotland more than £700m in 10 years, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has said.
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NewsNHS managers to be offered pay-offs in return for jobs
Managers will have until the end of October to decide whether to sacrifice their job in return for a lump sum pay-off, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPatient organisations fear losing voice
The government will do “nothing”, or “not much” for the NHS, according to a survey of almost 900 patient organisations, shared exclusively with HSJ.
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NewsTrusts not meeting equality requirements
More than 90 per cent of NHS organisations could be failing to meet their legal requirements to publish equality documents, a consultancy firm has warned.
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NewsPatients ‘should be able to complain by email’
Patients should be able to make complaints to the health service ombudsman about NHS services via email or telephone, the Law Commission has proposed.
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NewsFoundation trust chief calls for state support
Foundation trusts will still need state backing for private loans, according to a chief executive who lost £464m in government funding for a hospital scheme.
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NewsHSJ100: Staying power is at the heart of NHS influence
As we prepare our list of the most influential people in health in 2010, Alastair McLellan and Darius McQuaid look back at who has wielded most power in the NHS during the last four years
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NewsIncentives required to bring about NHS collaboration
The government must introduce incentives and financial mechanisms to support integration in the NHS, according to a think tank report.
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NewsNHS Direct staff bid for role in 111 line
NHS Direct staff should have a role to play in setting up the new 111 urgent care service which is due to replace it in 2013, according to the chief executive of the telephone triage service.
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NewsPCT flouts NICE by suspending IVF treatment
A primary care trust in Cheshire has stopped funding in vitro fertilisation services in a cost cutting move that challenges national guidance.
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NewsPoor data reporting skews palliative care spending picture
A government report has pointed to significant variations in the amount primary care trusts spend on end of life care.
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NewsEx Cornwall chief exec wins £1.2m compensation
The former chief executive of Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has been awarded £1.2m in compensation for unfair dismissal over whistleblowing.
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NewsSocial enterprise bid rethink by North East PCTs
A ballot on whether to turn three primary care trust provider arms in the North East into a social enterprise has been suspended.
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NewsGovernment facing NHS Direct backlash
The government is facing a backlash over plans to scrap medical helpline NHS Direct.
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NewsBurnham calls on Lib Dems to vote down reform
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has written to all Liberal Democrat MPs urging them to vote against the coalition government’s plans for reform of the NHS.
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NewsLabour must challenge cuts agenda says Balls
Labour must stand up and challenge the coalition government’s claim that there is no alternative to swingeing cuts, party leadership contender Ed Balls will say today.
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NewsNHS faces 'overwhelming obesity burden'
Health experts have warned of obesity’s “overwhelming” burden on the NHS as figures showed a 785% rise in weight-loss surgery.
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NewsGP and midwife vacancies rising
The NHS is finding filling vacancies for GPs and midwives in England tougher than for any other job within the public healthcare sector, figures have revealed.
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NewsBid to avert health driver strikes
Last-ditch talks will be held today to resolve a dispute over plans to privatise the work of health staff who drive patients to and from hospitals.
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NewsCall to keep visa levy to fund public services
A levy imposed on the visas of non-EU migrants should continue to be used to help ease the pressure of immigration on public services, shadow home secretary Alan Johnson has said.