50,000 job losses identified across NHS
More than 50,000 NHS staff posts are due to be cut across the UK, according to a union-backed campaign against the cuts.
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Telecare essential to ‘re-enablement’
The government has highlighted the importance of using telehealth to help reform social care and provide more control to individuals and their carers.
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Public spending hit in grim Budget
Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed that lower public spending will form the bulk of the government’s action to reduce Britain’s budget deficit.
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Osborne orders review of govt spending
The new Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has announced a review of all government spending commitments since New Year’s Day. Announcing a package of measures to “enhance fiscal credibility”, Osborne said that the Treasury had written to every secretary of state in Whitehall ordering them to “re-examine all spending approvals since 1 January this […]
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NW Trusts can get off the Lorenzo bus
Trusts in the North West of England have been asked if they want to get off the ‘Lorenzo Bus’ and told they will not have to pay penalties if they do.
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Experts fear Punch and Judy election
The general election Policy and healthcare IT experts have urged an incoming government to resist the temptation to shake up the NHS and radically reorganise its IT. Asked to put forward manifesto ideas for the general election that is likely to be called after the Easter break, commentators from think tanks, analysts and the health […]
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DH commissions ‘Darling Dashboard’
The Department of Health has appointed a consortium to develop a ‘Darling Dashboard’ that will proactively help the NHS to make the savings demanded by last week’s Budget. The consortium of consultants, data analysts, and software developers has been asked to build a web-based application that will give the NHS real-time access to information about progress […]
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Lower borrowing, more savings in Budget
Chancellor Alistair Darling has confirmed that government borrowing will be lower than predicted in last year’s Pre-Budget Report, while committing the public sector to making "challenging" savings. Speaking in the House of Commons at lunchtime, Darling said that borrowing would be £167 billion in the coming financial year, rather than the £178 billion predicted in […]
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No budget for NPfIT agreed post March
No budget for the NHS National Programme for IT has yet been agreed after the end of March, now less than three months away.
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NHS ‘faces pivotal year’ – Nicholson
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has said that the coming year will be pivotal for the NHS as it faces its last year of significant growth. The Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2010-11, launched by the Department of Health yesterday, said that after a decade of investment the NHS is about to face […]
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