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NHS savings: time for realism

19 July 2011 | Malcolm Prowle

The government’s efficiency target for the NHS is simply wishful thinking. When will ministers realise that you can’t change public services just by issuing orders from London? Read more

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NHS spending: April fooled? By John Appleby

5 April 2011 | John Appleby

In all the discussion about health service reform, another issue is in danger of being overlooked. Will the NHS be getting a real increase each year, as promised, over the next four years of the Spending Review, or not? The  Budget cast new light on this through two separate announcements. Read more...

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The state we’re in, by Judy Hirst

12 August 2010 | Judy Hirst

We’re all in this together, the PM and his chancellor repeatedly proclaim. How right they are. Read more...

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