Stand-in nurses &#39;cost AÂ£600m a year&#39;
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The cost of employing temporary NHS nursing staff has soared to more than AÂ£600 million, according to a new report. Figures released by the Royal College of Nursing showed the cost had trebled within the past six years.
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LABOR has again rejected claims that its plan for free hospital care for over-75s had not been properly costed. A report by Econtech, commissioned by the Australian Health Insurance Association, has estimated
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Employees' savings are on average Â£51,000 short of the sum needed to fund a comfortable retirement, a report says.
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The investigations into the death of Princess Diana have cost over Â£6m of public money, it emerges.
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Average GP pay soars by 30% in the first year of their new contract, prompting concerns money is not going into service development.
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A Scottish hospital reveals that it spent Â£42,000 on extra security guards and a special room for one patient.
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Nurses&#39; leaders warned last night that the expansion of the NHS was &quot;built on sand&quot;, relying too much on the recruitment of overseas and temporary staff who may quit at short notice.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The largest increase in registered nurses since the 1980s is still not enough to relieve the long-term nurse shortage crisis, according to a new study in Health Affairs.
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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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London hospitals will get more than $1.5 million to fix their buildings as part of a $60-million announcement yesterday by the province.
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The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care should ask for its money back. It hired consultants to identify cost savings in the hospitals.
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The new computer system being installed by the NHS is set to cost taxpayers at least Â£15bn over the next 10 years - more than the total investment in the Channel Tunnel.
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A hospital group is trying a radically new method to avoid costly mistakes, charging a flat fee that includes follow-up care.
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James Hardie Industries said today it was paying former chief executive Peter Macdonald $US60,000 a month for consultancy work. James Hardie chairman Meredith Hellicar said Mr Macdonald would be paid that
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Mental health problems cost British businesses Â£1,000 a year per employee on average, research shows.
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The OFT says that the NHS is paying hundreds of millions of pounds too much for branded drugs.
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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.