Maudsley looks to ‘insource’ services
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is hoping that a new digital network will help it to meet efficiency savings targets by ‘insourcing’ services for other NHS organisations.
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Cuts hit IT investment, EHI survey shows
NHS trusts are looking to “sweat” their current IT systems instead of invest “in new toys” as they struggle with efficiency saving demands.
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Hospital IT cuts and job losses revealed
Massive cuts at acute trusts are feeding into job losses, a preoccupation with finances rather than patient care, and cuts in IT investment, a survey by eHealth Insider has found.
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Osborne condemned for ‘no budge budget’
George Osborne has underlined the government’s determination to reduce Britain’s deficit by reducing public spending in his 2011 budget.
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BMA tells Lansley to halt revolution
The British Medical Association has called for the government to stop its plans for a massive reorganisation of the NHS and to withdraw the Health and Social Care Bill.
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Revolution leads to revolt at BMA
Doctors are to consider outright opposition to the Department of Health’s plans for a massive overhaul of the NHS at a special meeting today.
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Managers focused on cuts not reform
Senior managers are more worried about balancing their finances than grappling with the latest round of NHS reforms, an NHS Confederation survey has found.
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Digital dictation replaces Leeds jobs
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will reduce medical secretary posts by around a third by introducing digital dictation and speech recognition for medical correspondence.
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50,000 job losses identified across NHS
More than 50,000 NHS staff posts are due to be cut across the UK, according to a union-backed campaign against the cuts.
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NHS faces ‘defining year’
The NHS is facing a ‘defining year’ in which it may need to make even bigger efficiency savings than so-far planned to avoid rationing as it embarks on its latest round of reorganisation.
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