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2 Apr 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed the government is to waive duties and VAT on medical imports from outside the EU, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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25 Mar 20
Coronavirus disruption has led officials to push back the deadline for NHS accounts, and delay the implementation of an IFRS accounting standard for a year.
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24 Mar 20
NHS England has agreed a deal with private healthcare providers to expand hospital capacity to battle the coronavirus pandemic
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5 Mar 20
The £33.9bn NHS Long Term Plan did not include detailed plans to secure the workforce needed to deliver them, according to the National Audit Office.
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17 Feb 20
More than 10% of the NHS estate is to switch to renewable electricity sources, it has been announced.
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11 Feb 20
The government must get to grips with fraud within the NHS which is costing £1.27bn a year, argues Matthew Jordan-Boyd of the NHS Counter Fraud Authority.
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5 Feb 20
The Centre for Public Scrutiny has started a review into the Royal College of Nursing’s governance and decision-making processes following errors in communicating a pay deal.
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5 Feb 20
Short-term financial fixes for NHS providers in England are failing to ensure the health service is able to keep up with rising demand, according to the spending watchdog.
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31 Jan 20
An NHS trust will bring outsourced cleaning and catering staff back in-house following industrial action.
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16 Jan 20
Two hospitals built by the failed outsourcing giant Carillion will be completed up to five years late, while the total costs of building have nearly doubled, the public spending watchdog has said.
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15 Jan 20
There is no “viable replacement” for the NHS’s four-hour A&E target, a clinicians’ organisation has warned, following suggestions from the health secretary that the standard could be scrapped.
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13 Jan 20
Continued financial strain on the health service means councils and the NHS must work together to ensure every penny of funding is used effectively, writes research assistant at the Reform think-tank...
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9 Jan 20
One in four children in England referred to mental health services last year was rejected while some waited more than two months for treatment, analysis has found.
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13 Dec 19
The worst performance figures for emergency departments since records began show the new government must act quickly to protect the service as winter advances.
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13 Dec 19
The government has announced major capital spending plans for the NHS in recent months, but will they offer a sufficient health boost? Alison Moore reports.
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12 Dec 19
The High Court has rejected a case brought by NHS hospital trusts in which they argued they should be handed business rates relief from councils worth £1.5bn.
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10 Dec 19
Different methods of measuring hospital waiting times are hiding the scale of pressure on NHS emergency departments, according to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
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9 Dec 19
Nowhere is under-investment in health more visible than in the state of NHS buildings and equipment, writes NHS Providers’ David Williams.
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5 Dec 19
Support for increased taxes to be spent on health and care continues to grow, according to polling conducted by Ipsos MORI for the Health Foundation.
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29 Nov 19
The number of GPs in England fell by 1.2% over a 12-month period, according to official figures.
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27 Nov 19
Failure to recruit enough nurses has left the NHS dependent on less-skilled support staff to plug workforce gaps, analysis by a charity has found.
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25 Nov 19
The Health Foundation’s Anita Charlesworth questions whether the next government will manage to avoid the mistakes of the past on financing the NHS.
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22 Nov 19
NHS England has confirmed plans to provide a short-term fix for the NHS pensions crisis.
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20 Nov 19
Parties should take a holistic approach in their plans for health and social care, says the King’s Fund’s Sally Warren.
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19 Nov 19
The Liberal Democrats have pledged to invest £35bn in health and social care over the next five years via a one pence increase to the basic rate of income tax.
2 Apr 20Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed the government is to waive duties and VAT on medical imports from outside the EU, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
25 Mar 20Coronavirus disruption has led officials to push back the deadline for NHS accounts, and delay the implementation of an IFRS accounting standard for a year.
24 Mar 20NHS England has agreed a deal with private healthcare providers to expand hospital capacity to battle the coronavirus pandemic
17 Feb 20More than 10% of the NHS estate is to switch to renewable electricity sources, it has been announced.
11 Feb 20The government must get to grips with fraud within the NHS which is costing £1.27bn a year, argues Matthew Jordan-Boyd of the NHS Counter Fraud Authority.
5 Feb 20The Centre for Public Scrutiny has started a review into the Royal College of Nursing’s governance and decision-making processes following errors in communicating a pay deal.
31 Jan 20An NHS trust will bring outsourced cleaning and catering staff back in-house following industrial action.
16 Jan 20Two hospitals built by the failed outsourcing giant Carillion will be completed up to five years late, while the total costs of building have nearly doubled, the public spending watchdog has said.
15 Jan 20There is no “viable replacement” for the NHS’s four-hour A&E target, a clinicians’ organisation has warned, following suggestions from the health secretary that the standard could be scrapped.
9 Jan 20One in four children in England referred to mental health services last year was rejected while some waited more than two months for treatment, analysis has found.
13 Dec 19The worst performance figures for emergency departments since records began show the new government must act quickly to protect the service as winter advances.
13 Dec 19The government has announced major capital spending plans for the NHS in recent months, but will they offer a sufficient health boost? Alison Moore reports.
12 Dec 19The High Court has rejected a case brought by NHS hospital trusts in which they argued they should be handed business rates relief from councils worth £1.5bn.
10 Dec 19Different methods of measuring hospital waiting times are hiding the scale of pressure on NHS emergency departments, according to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
9 Dec 19Nowhere is under-investment in health more visible than in the state of NHS buildings and equipment, writes NHS Providers’ David Williams.
5 Dec 19Support for increased taxes to be spent on health and care continues to grow, according to polling conducted by Ipsos MORI for the Health Foundation.
29 Nov 19The number of GPs in England fell by 1.2% over a 12-month period, according to official figures.
25 Nov 19The Health Foundation’s Anita Charlesworth questions whether the next government will manage to avoid the mistakes of the past on financing the NHS.
22 Nov 19NHS England has confirmed plans to provide a short-term fix for the NHS pensions crisis.
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