Peers are urged to support a move to let hospitals do more private sector work as plans to overhaul the NHS in England return to the Lords.

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NHS directors seek Lords backing

The NHS in England spends £59,000 a day on translating documents and providing interpreters, according to a health think tank.

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NHS translation bill ‘tops £23m’

Proposed changes to the NHS in England have created an “unholy mess” which has hurt the health service, according to the editors of three leading journals.

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NHS changes branded ‘unholy mess’

Proposed changes to the NHS in England have created an “unholy mess” which has hurt the health service, according to the editors of three leading journals.

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NHS changes branded ‘unholy mess’

More than 50 GPs involved in the groups that will control have warned the NHS may be “in peril” if government changes are derailed.

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NHS ‘in peril if shake-up fails’

NHS Lothian demands a review over concerns that a private contractor has not been carrying out proper background checks on staff.

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Review of hospital staff checks

No woman who has undergone private or NHS surgery in NI has received sub-standard silicone breast implants, the chief medical officer says.

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Flawed implants ‘not used in NI’

The NHS in England must end the “hospital-or-bust” attitude to medical care and become a “community-based system”, says the leader of the NHS confederation.

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Hospital-based care ‘must change’

NHS hospitals in England will be free to use almost half their hospital beds and theatre time for private patients under government plans.

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NHS private patient limit ’49%’

Financial difficulties will force NHS services in England to undergo major reorganisations which could hit the poorest the hardest, MPs say.

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NHS ‘in need of major overhaul’

In the search for a public sector pensions deal, the government is expected to announce a new offer on NHS pensions.

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Fresh NHS pensions offer expected

Patient surveys are to be part of new goals to measure the quality of care received in the NHS in England, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has said.

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Patient views at NHS goals’ core

David Cameron is to detail plans to “open up” the NHS to private health firms, with could include sharing anonymous patient data.

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PM eyes NHS-industry partnership

GPs who are planning to take charge of the NHS budget claim they are being denied the freedom to make a difference to patients by “bullying” managers.

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GPs ‘being bullied over reforms’

Private health firms could be given access to anonymous NHS patient records and other NHS data, under plans to be unveiled by David Cameron.

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Private firms ‘to share NHS data’