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BMA cost warning on plan to scrap GP boundaries
Mon, 8 Feb 2010- The British Medical Association has fired a broadside at government plans to give patients a completely free choice of family doctor, warning that the proposals could cost "hundreds of millions of pounds a year"

Doctor Daniel Ubani unlawfully killed overdose patient
Fri, 5 Feb 2010- A coroner has demanded a review of EU agreements over the recognition of doctors when he ruled that the death of a 70-year-old patient who was administered a tenfold overdose by an "incompetent" German GP was unlawful killing.

Hospitals must cut services to stay afloat, watchdog quango warns
Thu, 4 Feb 2010- Hospitals will have to reduce services, sell off buildings and move into smaller premises to cope with financial pressures in the next few years, the head of the foundation trusts’ regulatory body has warned.

Tories to make GPs after hours care a priority
Wed, 3 Feb 2010- The Conservatives have pledged to make GPs responsible for round-the-clock care after the scandal of foreign locum doctors putting patients’ lives at risk.

Replacement for Professor David Nutt said cannabis should be legalised
Tue, 2 Feb 2010- A former Oxford academic chosen to replace sacked Professor David Nutt as the head of the government's drugs advisory panel once called for the legalisation of cannabis.

How labour government squanders £300 billions with PFI schemes
Mon, 1 Feb 2010- On the face of it, PFI schemes does not sound like a good deal- decide what you want, find someone to supply it, then sign a contract that binds you into a legal straitjacket for decades, during which you pay them 37 times what the item is worth.

Obese patients encouraged to put on weight to qualify for surgery
Fri, 29 Jan 2010- Access to NHS weight loss operations is inconsistent, unethical and a postcode lottery, says Royal College of Surgeons

Fear over quality of care if NHS centralises further
Thu, 28 Jan 2010- There is a real risk that the next government will resort to central control of the NHS, reversing the gains of recent years and damaging patient care, warns the outgoing chairman of Monitor, the independent regulator of the self-governing NHS foundation trusts.

Patients in England and Wales denied arthritis drug available in Scotland by NICE
Wed, 27 Jan 2010- Patients in England and Wales are being denied a powerful new arthritis drug on the NHS despite a decision by Scottish health authorities to provide it to sufferers for free by NICE- the drug rationing quango.

NHS- renowned experts but no world class hospitals
Tue, 26 Jan 2010- Britain lacks any world- class hospitals because the culture of the National Health Service is still too much one of central direction and control, according to William Moyes.

Labour's computer blunders cost £26bn- and rising
Mon, 25 Jan 2010- Labour ministers blamed for 'stupendous incompetence' after taxpayers are left with huge bills for bungled IT projects.

Swine flu- move to recover cost of vaccine
Fri, 22 Jan 2010- The government is attempting to claw back tens of millions of pounds from flu vaccine manufacturers as it seeks to scale down an immunisation plan to protect the country from a severe pandemic.

Tax inspectors target health professionals such as doctors and dentists
Thu, 21 Jan 2010- Middle class professionals such as doctors and dentists are facing an unprecedented crackdown on tax evasion.

Two catch Legionnaire’s disease at hospital attacked over hygiene
Wed, 20 Jan 2010- Two patients have contracted Legionnaire’s disease at a hospital recently condemned for poor hygiene, blood splattered equipment and an unusually high death rate among patients.

Labour's plans for elderly care put essential services at risk
Tue, 19 Jan 2010- Frontline services such as social work, meals on wheels and road maintenance may have to be cut to cover the cost of controversial plans for elderly care at home, local authority leaders have warned.

Labours' only success- wasting taxpayers money
Mon, 18 Jan 2010- Health Direct is appalled at the expensive IT project that is the NPfIT white elephant- and the money that is being wasted in our names.

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