News – Page 1709
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NewsNHS maternity spending falls in first year of DH strategy for improving services
The Department of Health has evidence that is believed to show that, in real terms, spending on maternity dropped in the first year of the government’s strategy for improving services.
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NewsGP pay changes: worst hit PCTs revealed
The Department of Health has published a list of the primary care trusts which will be most disadvantaged as a result of changes to the way GP pay is allocated.
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NewsBullying: the 'corrosive' problem the NHS must address
Sir Ian Kennedy’s parting shots and last month’s staff survey both warn of a culture of bullying in the NHS. Charlotte Santry analyses where and why the bullies are found
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BT downplays NHS IT speculation
Contract renegotiations between the main suppliers for the national programme for IT have been “successfully concluded”, according to the Department of Health.
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Conservatives to let patients choose individual consultant
The Conservatives have set out their intention to give patients more choice over the individual clinician providing their treatment.
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Surgicentre contract signed after six years
An independent treatment centre that will treat up to 15,000 NHS patients a year has been given the go-ahead - six years after it was first proposed.
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Budget 2009: NHS privatisation should be victim of savings, says union
The largest trade union in the country has said government efficiency savings should be targeted at the “costly, creeping privatisation” of the NHS.
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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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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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Budget 2009: Don't punish NHS for excesses of 'greedy bankers' - Unison
Trade union Unison has warned against punishing public services for the excesses of “greedy bankers”, following the government’s Budget statement.
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Budget 2009: NHS asked to cut £2.3bn from plans in 2010-11
The Department of Health has been asked to contribute £2.3bn to the Treasury’s £5bn of public spending cuts in 2010-11.
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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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DH team launched to reduce infant deaths
The Department of Health has launched a national support team to reduce differences in infant mortality rates in the face of a looming deadline.
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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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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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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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Tory activist to chair NHS South East Coast
A Conservative Party activist and former barrister has been named as the new chair of NHS South East Coast.