Posts Tagged ‘nhs’

NHS budget ‘raided’ for tax cuts

Saturday, March 24th, 2012

Chancellor George Osborne has been accused by Labour of targeting NHS cash to help fund a cut in the top rate of income tax.

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NHS budget ‘raided’ for tax cuts

NHS budget ‘raided’ for tax cuts

Saturday, March 24th, 2012

Chancellor George Osborne has been accused by Labour of targeting NHS cash to help fund a cut in the top rate of income tax.

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NHS budget ‘raided’ for tax cuts

Peers accept concessions on NHS

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

The House of Lords backs an amendment to the government’s health bill aimed at assuaging Liberal democrat concerns over a growth of competition within the NHS.

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PM defends ‘urgent’ NHS changes

Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Prime Minister David Cameron tells his party’s spring conference the need for change in the NHS in England is “unavoidable and urgent”.

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Rewrite NHS bill – Lib Dem peers

Monday, February 27th, 2012

Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords launch a new attempt to rewrite the government’s controversial plans for the NHS in England.

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NHS bill is a mess, says ex-chief

Sunday, February 26th, 2012

Former chief executive of the NHS Lord Crisp says the government’s proposals to change the health service in England are a “mess”.

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NHS bill is a mess, says ex-chief

PM to host NHS overhaul meeting

Monday, February 20th, 2012

David Cameron will meet healthcare professionals in Downing Street to push the case for highly contentious changes to the NHS – but opponents claim they have been excluded.

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‘No critics’ at PM’s NHS meeting

Saturday, February 18th, 2012

Some of the fiercest critics of planned NHS reforms say they have not been invited to a meeting about the changes with David Cameron.

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‘No critics’ at PM’s NHS meeting

NHS directors seek Lords backing

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

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

NHS translation bill ‘tops £23m’

Monday, February 6th, 2012

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’

NHS changes branded ‘unholy mess’

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

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’

NHS changes branded ‘unholy mess’

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

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’

NHS ‘in peril if shake-up fails’

Saturday, January 28th, 2012

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’

Review of hospital staff checks

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

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

Flawed implants ‘not used in NI’

Friday, January 6th, 2012

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’