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NewsCost of weekend A&E police cover revealed
Hospitals are paying tens of thousands of pounds for police officers to cover accident and emergency departments on Friday and Saturday nights, it has been disclosed.
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Tories to plug £6bn NI hole by cutting waste
Conservatives will reverse the bulk of the government’s planned increase in National Insurance by cutting £6bn of “waste” from the public sector, shadow chancellor George Osborne has announced.
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NewsBetter procurement could save NHS Scotland millions
NHS savings of £2m a year could be made if boards in Scotland purchased hip and knee joints from the same suppliers, auditors have claimed.
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NewsLambeth and Southwark provider arms to integrate with Guy's and St Thomas’
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust is to take over the running of community services in Lambeth and Southwark.
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NewsThree shortlisted in race to run Hinchingbrooke
Three bidders have been shortlisted to win the franchise to run Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust.
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NewsGovernment to launch social care white paper on Tuesday
Number 10 and health secretary Andy Burnham are preparing to launch the long awaited social care white paper on Tuesday.
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NewsTen more trusts registered with conditions
A second wave of registration decisions by the Care Quality Commission has highlighted problems at 10 trusts.
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NewsONS records drop in healthcare productivity
Productivity in healthcare fell by 3.3 per cent between 1995 and 2008, according to new figures.
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NewsDarling admits public spending cuts will eclipse Thatcher's
Cuts to public spending are at the centre of the pre-election political battle, after chancellor Alistair Darling appeared to accept that they would be deeper and tougher in a fourth-term Labour administration than in the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher.
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NewsCall to investigate excessive death rates
Excessive death rates at 25 hospital trusts should be probed by the government, one of Britain’s leading experts on the subject has said.
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NewsNumber of NHS managers increases by 12pc
The number of managers working in the NHS has risen by 12 per cent in one year, new figures show.
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NewsNHS elderly care review launched
The Welsh government has launched a review into the level of respect and dignity given to the elderly in hospitals.
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NewsA&E alternatives ‘confuse’ the public
Many of the health centres presented as alternatives to hospital accident and emergency offer unreliable services and confuse the public, advisers to the Department of Health have warned.
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NewsSacked trust chief executive to stand against health minister
A trust chief executive who was sacked from his job is to stand against health minister Gillian Merron in the general election.
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NewsWest Midlands to cluster PCTs to reduce management costs
NHS West Midlands is to “cluster” its primary care trusts to reduce management costs and strengthen joint working on quality and productivity.
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LeaderSteve Bundred is stepping up at a pivotal time
The appointment of Steve Bundred as chair of Monitor is a shrewd choice.
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LeaderIt may not have been pretty, but Labour gave new life to the NHS
This week leading commentators give their verdict on Labour’s 13 year stewardship of the NHS.
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NewsDH explains QIPP plans to 340,000 clinicians
The Department of Health has distributed more than 340,000 copies of a document explaining the need for efficiency savings to clinicians.
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NewsHow Labour saved the NHS from the brink
Nigel Crisp believes that when Labour inherited the NHS in 1997 it was ‘falling apart’. After four years away from the service the former chief executive reflects on the successes of the last 13 years - and the missed opportunities. By Alastair McLellan
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NewsRecycling awards to recognise public sector contributions
There is one week left to enter the 2010 National Recycling Awards, supported by HSJ and brought to you by our sister title MRW.