Millions lost in NHS private fees
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Trusts are writing off millions of pounds in unpaid debts from private and overseas patients, a report suggests.
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Lack of access to routine, quality health care led to as many as 79,000 deaths and $1.8 billion in avoidable medical costs in 2003, according to a new report from a private health care advocacy group.
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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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Public money paid to private firm iSoft Plc, the beleaguered NHS software provider, has been given two large chunks of cash totalling close to Â£82m over the last two years, the government has admitted.â¦
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Thousands of people could be paying for health care when the NHS should be footing the bill, it is thought.
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The computer network being installed by the NHS could cost over Â£30 billion - five times the amount originally announced by the Government, it emerged today.
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Acute coughs cost the UK economy almost Â£1 billion every year, experts warn.
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The Office of Fair Trading says the NHS could face higher costs after changes to the way drugs are distributed.
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Nine NHS Trusts admit losing patients' details in the latest missing data crisis to strike the government.
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An OFT inquiry finds the NHS pays hundreds of millions of pounds too much for branded medicines, the BBC learns.
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Two-thirds of chronically ill patients failed to tell their doctors they would have to skimp on their medicines because of cost, according to a new study published yesterday.
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Many NHS trusts face debts this year - but the health service as a whole will break even, figures forecast.
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The final cost of modernising NHS computer systems could rise to between Â£18.6bn and Â£31bn - three to five times the declared figure - it is reported.
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Wonder why they ever called them NHS Trusts... A laptop containing medical records for more than 5,000 people has been lost by a hospital near Dudley.â¦
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The first wave of academies have had cost overruns of up to Â£3m each, says the public spending watchdog.
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The government is strongly  criticised after nine English NHS trusts admit losing patient records.
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The unpaid work of carers saves the UK Â£87bn per year - more than was spent by the NHS last year, say experts.