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As British hospitals face a cash crisis, how long can the funding model survive as other services are cut?
King’s Fund says emergency money required to stop services deteriorating
Health secretary warns that he does not have ‘a crystal ball’
Closer attention to procurement and staff management prescribed in report by Labour peer
Hospitals told they must eliminate huge variations in costs and performance between each other
Decline in staff from overseas and fall in graduate numbers mean care homes and NHS battle to recruit
Hospitals will be expected to buy goods and services centrally to cut procurement costs
Simon Stevens says manufacturers risk ‘poisoning’ consumers if they do not take action
Health service will need more money and improvements would have to be phased in
Shadow health secretary says Britons must be more realistic about what service can provide
Report highlights reliance on agencies and fall in number of GPs
Miliband calls the midwife as Cameron pledges £8bn extra for the NHS by 2020
Labour ahead in three polls despite week of aggressive Tory campaigning
Analysis for the FT shows fall in hospital productivity after reforms pushed up costs
Executive is latest business figure hired into public sector
30 areas to try new ways of working to bridge gaps in care
Part-time working offered to persuade family doctors not to retire
Winter likely to be most testing for years amid soaring demand
Stevens urges steady increase for budget
Virtual surgeries to be part of blurring lines between services
Formula intended to put more money into care outside hospital will lead to ‘avoidable deaths’
Findings of British Medical Journal study will fuel the debate over role of private providers
Experts say new money falls short of full prescription needed to guarantee health service’s future
Hint that party could spend extra £8bn yearly by 2020
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