Private firms to tackle NHS waits
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Health Minister Andy Kerr confirms the private sector will be enlisted to help cut NHS waiting lists in Scotland.
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A private health care firm criticised for the way it runs its out-of-hours GP service is to take on more doctors.
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Ministers are to put pressure on family doctors to extend opening hours, reigniting the GP contract row.
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Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon is expected to outline plans to abolish hidden waiting lists.
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Many NHS trusts are failing to meet core standards for out-of-hours primary care, statistics show.
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The government promised yesterday to close loopholes that have allowed NHS hospitals to poach thousands of nurses and doctors from developing countries with a shortage of medical staff.
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The Tories are setting out plans to hand day-to-day control of the NHS to an independent board.
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Business & money: PM-in-waiting challenged to curb private equity.
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Patient safety is at risk because of delays in hearing misconduct cases against nurses, the BBC learns.
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Plans to beef up the drive to tackle NHS fraud, have been unveiled.
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Scotland's health minister admits that lengthy waits in hospital A&E departments must be tackled.
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A&E departments in England are on course to meet a four-hour waiting time target, a report says.
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Latest figures show that some patients are waiting an average of two years to have a hearing aid fitted.
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Operating theatres could be kept open longer to help hospitals cut waiting times, Tony Blair is to say.
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Private clinics doing NHS operations have not carried out all the treatment they have been paid for, figures show.
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State public health officials are moving to allow medical clinics to open in retail stores, but are delaying a decision on whether to let CVS Corp. open 20 to 30 "MinuteClinics" in the Boston area.
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The World Bank's private sector arm   and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Monday announced   plans to explore private health care opportunities in Africa.