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Foundation trusts generate £130m surplus
Foundation trusts generated a £130m net surplus for the last financial year although three were shown to be in deficit, according to figures released yesterday.
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BUPA predicts £11bn hole in NHS funds
A report commissioned by private health insurer BUPA claims the NHS should brace itself for a projected £11bn funding gap and subsequent return to 1997 levels of performance by 2015 if high levels of investment do not continue.
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Herts and minds: £100m hole that could defeat protesters
Consultation starts next week on the shake-up of services in West Hertfordshire. Later in the summer, it will start for the north and east of the county. Reconfiguration in Bedfordshire and Herts has been talked about for 30 years, so will it happen, asks Alison Moore
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DoH agrees £10m 'top-up' for children's hospitals
The Department of Health has agreed to bail out three children's hospitals to the tune of £10m after the trusts claimed that the specialist payment by results tariff was 'inaccurate'.
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Funding row could see 1,800 patients rejected by foundation
A foundation trust has become the first in the country to turn patients away after the escalation of a public row with its primary care trust over funding.
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National Consumer Council posits £1bn saver idea
The NHS could save £1bn a year if it targeted funds using a better understanding of how people make their choices in health, according to a report by the National Consumer Council.
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£1.2bn Bupa hospital sale
Bupa, the UK's largest private healthcare group, has put all of its 26 UK hospitals up for sale in a deal which could fetch £1.2bn.
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Senior managers have been awarded a 1.3 per cent pay rise.
Chief executives were informed in a letter by health minister Lord Hunt last week that their annual increase would be in line with raises set for other senior public sector staff, including medical consultants and senior civil servants.
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'Deficits have cut 22,000 jobs' claim
More than 22,000 nursing jobs have disappeared in the past 18 months because of deficits, the Royal College of Nursing has alleged.
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Trust offers 6,000 staff voluntary redundancy
Wage slips received last week by almost 6,000 staff at County Durham and Darlington foundation trust also included a letter offering them voluntary severance deals.
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Independent providers opened up to public scrutiny
The Healthcare Commission has launched a new web service that provides patients and the public with information about performance in independent acute hospitals, mental health units and independent sector treatment centres.Healthcare Commission chief executive Anna Walker, said: 'We want to make sure that patients have access to information about the ...
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Scottish patients urged to get a flu vaccination
Scottish doctors have urged patients who are eligible but have not yet received the winter flu vaccination to contact their GP practice.Uptake rates for November are lower than ever before with just over half of Scots aged 65 or over receiving their vaccination.Only about a quarter of patients in the ...
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Survey examines value for money
While expenditure on drugs, NHS staff, salaries and training may have risen, the additional £6bn per year being spent on healthcare is unlikely to transform the health service, according to a survey commissioned by the Health Foundation.Lead researcher Peter Smith said: 'We confirmed that although the volume of NHS activity ...
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Counterfeit condom warning
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has issued a warning that counterfeit condoms have been found in Essex, Birmingham and in Felixstowe docks and placed on the UK market.Counterfeit condoms may not be manufactured to the appropriate British or European standards, and cannot be considered to provide adequate protection ...
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DoH to name preferred bidders for diagnostic scans
The Department of Health is set to announce that it has reached preferred bidder stage on two contracts to provide NHS patients with 90 million PET/CT diagnostic scans over the next five years.Alliance Medical is preferred bidder for a contract which will cover the North of England and will provide ...
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Five portions a day is not keeping obesity at bay
An annual study published by the Information Centre for health and social care indicates that more people in England are eating the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables a day.However one in five adults remain obese, the Health Survey for England 2005 reports.Reported daily consumption of five or more ...
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More baby research funds demanded
Babies' lives are being jeopardised by a lack of funding for looking at the cause of premature birth, according to charity Action Medical Research.The charity said £3.7m - just 0.3 per cent of the total research budget - was spent on research in this subject during 2004-05.Around 43,000 babies are ...
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New applicants for foundation trust status
The Department of Health has named the 17 trusts that will be passed to foundation trust regulator Monitor for authorisation.The eight acute and specialist trusts and nine mental health trusts are set to receive authorisation from April.Health minister Lord Warner said: 'Today's announcement is another important step towards delivering the ...
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Liberal Democrats announce changes to shadow cabinet
Norman Lamb has taken over as Liberal Democrat health spokesman. He replaces Steve Webb, who has become chair of the party's election manifesto team.Mr Lamb has been chief of staff to Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell since March. He said: 'I'm thrilled at the prospect of taking the health ...