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Private firms account for a third of NHS contracts
December 10, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Budget, Cameron, Hunt, NHS, Osborne, autumn, election, privatisation
A large percentage of NHS contracts in England have been awarded to private sector providers since 2013, according to data …
Hunt sets out plans for expanded NHS budget
December 3, 2014Sales and Marketing Budget, Hunt, NHS, UK, election, health, king's fund
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has laid out his plans for the future of the NHS in a speech to parliament, …
NHS needs £2 billion more in funding
November 26, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cameron, Hunt, Kings Fund, NHS, Osborne, king's fund, statement
Healthcare think tank the King’s Fund has called for an additional £2 billion to be injected into the NHS in …
Hunt unveils £10 billion NHS savings plan
November 14, 2014Sales and Marketing Cameron, HSCIC, Hunt, Labour, NHS, burnham, digital, savings
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has laid out efficiency plans that he hopes will save the NHS up to £10 billion …
NHS to ‘kitemark’ health-related apps
November 13, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, Hunt, NHS, Samsung, apps, kitemark, wearables
Plans to improve the quality of patient care by introducing a ‘kitemark’ to safely validate healthcare apps have been announced …
NHS staff striking over pay
October 13, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing British Association of Occupational Therapists., GMB, GPs, Hunt, NHS, UCATT, midwives, strike
Over 400,000 NHS staff have gone on strike for four hours as a 1% pay rise requested by Unions was …
Doctors who miss cancer to be named and shamed
July 1, 2014Sales and Marketing Cancer, GPs, Hunt, NHS, UK, doctors, oncology
In a new government initiative doctors who consistently fail to diagnose signs of cancer could be publically named on an …
Government gets £74m rebate from pharma
June 30, 2014Sales and Marketing ABPI, Hunt, NHS, PPRS, VBP, emms, pricing
The UK government has received a £74 million refund from the pharma industry after it was deemed to have spent …
Review into NHS cover ups
June 25, 2014Sales and Marketing CQC, Francis, Hunt, NHS, UK, robert, whistleblowing
Ministers have ordered a review into the whistleblowing culture within the NHS as it’s announced that 20% of hospitals have …
Andy Burnham: NHS needs a ‘reset’
June 6, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Hunt, NHS, burnham, confederation, reset
The NHS must be ‘reset’ in order to make it into a 21st century health service, according to shadow health …
Robert Francis QC joins Care Quality Commission
June 4, 2014Sales and Marketing Hunt, Mid Staffs, NHS, UK, rew, robert francis
Robert Francis QC is to join health watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as a non-executive director. Francis will be …
Survey: free NHS in ‘jeopardy’
March 31, 2014Sales and Marketing Hunt, MPs, NHS, coalition, confederation
A survey commissioned by the NHS Confederation suggests that nearly half of UK MPs believe an NHS which is free …
UK government launches ‘Sign up to Safety’ initiative
March 26, 2014Sales and Marketing Francis, Hunt, Mid Staffs, NHS, safety, sign up
A new ambition to reduce avoidable harm in the NHS by half over the next three years, cut costs and …
NHS unions threaten action
March 14, 2014Sales and Marketing Hunt, NHS, UK, nhsprb, nurses
Unions representing NHS staff in England have reacted strongly to a new round of below-inflation pay rises and have threatened …
Sizeable increase to NHS prescription fees
March 12, 2014Sales and Marketing Hunt, Lamb, NHS, UK, howe, prescriptions
The UK government has confirmed that NHS prescription charges will go up by 40p to £8.25 over the next two …
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