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Financial pressures putting NHS trusts at risk, says spending watchdog‘Deeply alarming report’ from National Audit Office shows future sustainability of NHS is at risk, says MP Margaret Hodge -
NHS wastes over £2bn a year on unnecessary or expensive treatmentsLeading medical body cites overtreatment and overdiagnosis as key problems, along with patients who demand treatment now
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The Whitehall ideas machine must go: politicians are the cause of bad servicesJohn Seddon: The imposition of methods and measures by politicians is responsible for poor-quality, high-cost public services. Ministers must get out of management, says a new book -
We firefighters have no choice but to strikeA firefighter: We’re not asking for more pay or bigger pensions, just to be treated fairly. So why does the government refuse to negotiate with us?
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Probation contracts show the government does not value diversityMatt Robinson: If the government truly wants diversity in the UK public service market, it must remove the obstacles that prevent charities and social enterprises from winning primary contracts
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The real reason doctors are being instructed in the ethics of waste