NHS fights 'Â£500m budget deficit'
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Hospital wards and operating theatres are being cut and redundancies made as the NHS battles with a Â£500m deficit, a survey says.
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Health Secretary Dr John Reid today moved to counter suggestions that the NHS is facing a crisis over the numbers of nurses. Earlier this week, the Royal
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The amount the NHS spends on medicines will be cut by Â£1.8 billion over the next five years after drugs companies agreed to reduce their prices.
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The National Health Service (NHS) is paying hundreds of millions of pounds too much for branded medicines, using up funds that could be spent on other needs, the competition watchdog has said.
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The NHS should gear itself up to push the case for overhauling hospital care, the head of the health service says.
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Up to Â£45m could be spent on infection control nurses, isolation nurses and antimicrobial pharmacists for every hospital trust
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NHS underspent by Â£510m last year as result of stringent cuts imposed by health secretary.
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An OFT inquiry finds the NHS is paying hundreds of millions of pounds too much for branded drugs, the BBC learns.
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TORONTO - Hospital funding in Ontario has sparked a three-way fight between the health minister, the province&#39;s largest union and hospital administrators.
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Out-of-hours GP services are suffering because of a lack of funding from regional health bosses, doctors say.
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Hospital bosses and cleaning firms are questioning the wisdom of the government's Â£50m deep clean programme.
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The final cost of modernising NHS IT systems could reach Â£31bn - five times the declared figure, a report says.
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Questions are being raised about the NHS's ability to push ahead with plans to close services.
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Pay for NHS consultants has risen by 16% in the last three years, with average salaries in excess of Â£110,000, figures show.
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The NHS is being urged by MPs to resolve staff suspensions within six months to help save Â£14m.
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The NHS is facing Â£4.5bn in compensation claims over alleged errors by midwives and doctors.
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UK - The NHS is facing a &quot;fragile future&quot; as the number of nurses choosing to leave the profession and the cost of employing agency staff increases, a new report warns.