‘NHS is our preferred provider’ – Andy Burnham
Full text of speech made by Health Secretary Andy Burnham at the Kings Fund, 17/09/09. Read speech.
Independent sector doubles NHS market share…
Health Investor,25/09/09
‘Hospitals to discharge patients early to save money…’
Evening Standard, 28/09/09
Patients will be discharged early and operations could be delayed as the NHS struggles to cope with huge funding cuts, experts warned today. Read article.
‘£200m black hole puts patient services at risk’
Wales News, 26/09/09
Patient services are at risk because of a £200m black hole in NHS finances, the Western Mail has learned. One of the first tasks facing the new look local health boards, which come into existence on Thursday, will be how to plug the yawning gap.
‘Plans for swingeing hospital cuts…’
Senior officials have set ‘aggressive’ targets to reduce the number of patients referred to specialists or treated in Accident and Emergency departments, while GPs will be asked to cut down on the amount of time spent in consultations. Read article.
