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'Drop the bill' online petition hits 100,000 signatures
More than 100,000 people have signed an online petition urging the government to abandon the Health and Social Care Bill.
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Marmot demands focus on inequality as cuts bite
Renowned epidemiologist Sir Michael Marmot has criticised the government for its lack of action on health inequalities - and called for the health impact of economic policies to be considered.
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Lansley remains defiant as pressure grows over competition
An embattled Andrew Lansley makes a staunch defence of the importance of greater competition in the NHS this week, as Liberal Democrat peers pressed to further reduce its importance in the Health Bill.
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Treatment information for outpatients must improve, trusts warned
Hospitals must get better at explaining treatment, according to the Care Quality Commission, after a national survey of outpatients found many were left confused about tests, medicines and side effects.
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Surgery uses patient list to market private tests
A GP practice has used its patient list to distribute marketing material for a company offering private screening for heart conditions and stroke risk.
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Hospital infection strategies 'wrong' - study
Hospitals may be adopting the wrong strategy for tackling a notorious healthcare associated infection, a study suggests.
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Government forced to defend McKinsey bill involvement
The government has denied that there is a conflict of interest between its health reforms and a management consultant advising on them.
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Reforms spell end of joint commissioning in Peterborough
A long-running agreement on joint commissioning of health and social care has come to an end because of the government’s health reforms.
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Campaigners demand social enterprise future for community hospital
A campaign has been launched for a community hospital to be run as a social enterprise - to stop it becoming part of a foundation trust.
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Public sector bonuses to be reviewed
The government is looking at public sector bonuses after the angry reaction to payouts at bodies such as Royal Bank of Scotland.
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Coalition tensions emerge as Cameron backs Lansley
The coalition is braced for further criticism of its NHS reforms today, with health secretary Andrew Lansley’s future still hanging in the balance.
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Decline in NHS productivity 'a myth'
The decline in NHS productivity that the government has cited as grounds for health reform is “a myth”, it has been claimed.
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PM backing for NHS reform has 'drifted'
The prime minister and other senior ministers have been criticised for backing away from public sector reforms amid heavy political pressure.
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Conservative ministers 'ring alarm bell' over NHS reforms
Conservative Cabinet ministers have “rung the alarm bell” about the government’s NHS reforms with one comparing it to the poll tax, it was claimed today.
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Calls to reduce 1.6m unnecessary prescriptions
Unnecessary prescriptions for antibiotics could be slashed by 1.6 million a year and save the NHS vital funds, researchers have said.
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Unite warns of further strike action over pensions
The health union Unite has warned of a “real prospect of strike action” if its members reject the government’s revised pension offer.
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London FT to replace private patients' PIP implants free of charge
Patients treated privately with PIP breast implants at a London foundation trust will have them removed and replaced free of charge if necessary, it has been confirmed.
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Mergers pay boost for NHS interim managers
Interim managers working in the NHS saw their daily rates grow by 6 per cent last year despite other parts of the public sector seeing falls of up to 13 per cent, a new survey suggests.
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Ethics expert urges health service to consider losers when cutting costs
The NHS needs to think more about who is being harmed by decisions as it battles to reduce costs, a leading researcher has said.
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NHS 'to have 2,800 consultants more than it needs'
The NHS could end up with more fully trained hospital doctors than it needs - and potentially an increased wage bill - unless it makes changes to the way they are trained and used, the Centre for Workforce Intelligence has said.