Hospital wages too high, minister warns
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Health Minister George Smitherman has opened up another front in the battle over health-care costs, declaring wages paid to hospital workers are too high.
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RALEIGH, NC -- A lawyer says two of North Carolina&#39;s largest hospitals are gouging patients who make too much money to get charity care but can&#39;t afford their own health insurance.
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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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Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to oppose a proposed pay rise of above inflation pay rise for MPs, souces say.
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An OFT probe finds the NHS is paying hundreds of millions of pounds too much for branded drugs, the BBC learns.
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Business & money: Inflation would soar too far above 2% target if several cuts were made to rates this year, Bank warns
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Charging workersâ out-of-pocket costs for medicines may be more than offset by reduced productivity, study finds.
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A government advisor says some English hospitals should be stripped of doctor-led maternity care.
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Imagine the reaction if Prime Minister Paul Martin stood up and said the federal government no longer wants to pay for hospital costs, or for doctors&#39; 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 still spending too much on costly stand-in nursing staff to cover absences, say MPs.
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Striking public sector workers in South Africa warned Monday that government threats to sack health workers would derail efforts to resolve an increasingly bitter pay dispute.
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TORONTO (CP) - Health Minister George Smitherman dismissed as &quot;ridiculous&quot; Tuesday opposition claims that he has been intimidating hospital administrators into keeping mum about potential cuts.
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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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Drug prices are a growing problem, and firms trying to set uniform prices face serious difficulties because of the disparities in how much countries can afford to spend, the head of Britain's health watchdog said on Monday.
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Patients are not receiving the best service from GPs despite their pay improving, an assembly report finds.
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An OFT inquiry finds the NHS pays hundreds of millions of pounds too much for branded medicines, the BBC learns.