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24 March 2010

Lower borrowing, more savings in Budget

Chancellor Alistair Darling has confirmed that government borrowing will be lower than predicted in last year’s Pre-Budget Report, while committing
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30 December 2009

EHI’s top stories: 2009

Nobody will ever be able to say that the NHS went un-warned about the tough financial times ahead. One of
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17 December 2009

NHS ‘faces pivotal year’ – Nicholson

NHS chief executive David Nicholson has said that the coming year will be pivotal for the NHS as it faces
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9 December 2009

Darling targets efficiency, pay and tax

The Chancellor has slightly shifted the focus of this yearā€™s Pre-Budget Report from the urgent need to make public sector
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7 December 2009

Burnham defends NPfIT but cuts Ā£600m

Health secretary Andy Burnham has launched a spirited defence of the National Programme for IT in the NHS, but Ā£600m
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7 December 2009

Brown streamlines government with IT

Gordon Brown has outlined plans to encourage much greater use of information, online services and text messaging in the NHS
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7 December 2009

Turmoil grips NHS IT programme

The future of the National Programme for IT in the NHS has been plunged into doubt after the Chancellor of the
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6 December 2009

NHS IT programme faces cuts

Parts of the multibillion-pound national NHS IT progamme could be cancelled in this weekā€™s Pre-Budget Report, the Chancellor has warned.
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10 September 2009

Arctic blast

A think-tank recently ranked its funding forecasts for the NHS from ā€˜tepidā€™ to ā€˜arctic.ā€™ Sarah Bruce asks what that will
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10 June 2009

Confed: future ‘unprecedentedly difficult’

The NHS Confederation has warned that the health service is facing a Ā£15 billion shortfall from 2010-11 and changed ways
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