New bid to cut NHS waiting lists
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Tough new targets to tackle Wales's high NHS waiting lists are set to be announced by the Welsh Assembly Government.
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Assembly Health Minister Jane Hutt reveals how Â£30m funding for the NHS  will be used in a bid to cut waiting times.
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The Nationalists are set to challenge the plans to use the private sector to reduce NHS waiting lists in Scotland.
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NHS patient waiting lists in England have fallen to their lowest level for 17 years, government figures show.
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The health secretary is expected to announce a reversal of decisions to centralise hospital services.
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Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon is to send trouble-shooters to tackle cancer treatment waiting lists in two health board areas.
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The NHS is reducing waiting times for treatment, improving survival rates and living within its budget, a report says.
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Sir Nigel Crisp is expected to laud another drop in hospital waiting times, but will say more needs to be done.
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NHS workers may have their normal retirement age lifted to 65 from 60, under proposals put forward by employers.
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Patients are waiting too long in many hospitals in England and are hidden from official figures, survey findings suggest.
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Patients may not be given a choice of hospitals by the end of the year as ministers promised, a report says.
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Doctors were told yesterday to restrict the use of the NHS&#39;s frontline painkiller for very sick patients in an attempt to eke out supplies.
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A group of leading scientists are stepping up their campaign to get the NHS to turn its back on homoeopathy.
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The amount the NHS spends on medicines will be cut by Â£1.8 billion over the next five years after drugs companies agreed to reduce their prices.
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OTTAWA - Prime Minister Paul Martin and Canada&#39;s first ministers are expected to turn their attention to the problem of reducing waiting lists, following an acrimonious first-day summit meeting over proposed funding to fix Canada&#39;s health care system.
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A quarter of local health groups in England are asking patients to wait for hospital care, a BBC survey suggests.
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NHS trusts slash funding for homeopathic services amid concerns about efficacy and the need to cut costs.