Pre-Budget Report Archives

28 December 2009

Lansley: LSP contracts may be abandoned

Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has said he believes it will be possible to abandon the existing local service provider

9 December 2009

Darling targets efficiency, pay and tax

The Chancellor has slightly shifted the focus of this year’s Pre-Budget Report from the urgent need to make public sector

8 December 2009

NPfIT GP systems ‘target for cuts’

The development of new GP systems by local service providers is likely to be a target of cuts to the

7 December 2009

Burnham defends NPfIT but cuts £600m

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

26 November 2008

Hard Times?

What does this week’s pre-budget report mean for the NHS and its IT? Fiona Barr investigates.

25 November 2008

Pre-budget report targets NHS efficiency savings

Billions of pounds of extra efficiency savings are to be required from public sector organisations, including the NHS, the Chancellor of the

10 October 2007

NHS budget to reach £110 billion by 2011

The NHS is to receive an increased budget from £90 billion this year to £110 billion by 2010-11, an increase