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Geoff Martin RSS feedFears that ‘superhospital’ merger will threaten patient services
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Two major London hospitals are holding merger talks to create a superhospital, it has been revealed2009-11-17T08:30:26ZBudget cuts force NHS to abandon new polyclinic after spending £3 million
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NHS abandons building projects in the face of budget cuts, the Evening Standard has learned2009-10-09T07:44:01ZNHS launches 'recession helpline' for callers to get money stress off their chests
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NHS sets up a 'stress-busting' phone line for people worried about money during the credit crunch2009-08-26T07:12:37Z‘Not enough distribution points to give out Tamiflu’
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Thousands of swine flu patients will be left without medication as there are not enough Tamiflu distribution centres in the capital2009-07-24T06:27:16ZGlaxo charges £6 for £1 swine flu vaccine
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Drug company producing most of Britain’s swine flu vaccine accused of profiteering from the pandemic as it hikes prices with 600% mark-up2009-07-22T13:06:28ZGun and car crash victims face long ambulance ride to new trauma units
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Four 'super' accident and emergency units designed to treat gun crime and car crash victims in London are to be given the green light2009-07-20T09:54:38ZHundreds of patients get liposuction on NHS
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Hundreds of patients have had free liposuction at NHS hospitals across London, figures reveal2009-06-19T09:12:29ZHospital services at risk as millions cut from budgets
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Tens of millions of pounds are being cut from London hospital budgets in the first sign of sweeping reductions in public spending2009-05-13T08:04:47ZMajor hospital loses its A&E as Johnson downgrades services
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A London hospital will lose its A&E department after a decision that could lead to further cuts in health services2009-05-08T13:03:17ZHospital saved by 'people power'
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An important commuter-belt hospital is to survive after 10 years of uncertainty over its future2009-03-09T08:33:49ZServices cut as hospitals merge with £200m debts
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Three of London's most debt-ridden hospital trusts are to merge in a last effort to avoid financial collapse2009-03-02T08:31:28ZSchizophrenia patients to be treated at home as hospital beds are axed
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London's top psychiatric hospital is getting rid of beds to cut costs, it was revealed2009-02-17T09:19:55ZOvercrowded maternity units forced to turn mothers away
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Pregnant women are regularly being turned away from overcrowded London maternity wards, it has emerged2009-02-09T08:49:05Z‘Climate of fear stops hospital bosses from improving the NHS’
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Hospital patients face poor treatment for years because of a “climate of fear” that is stopping bosses improving the health service, insiders claim2009-02-06T10:13:52ZCrumbling hospitals are breeding ground for superbugs
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London's hospitals are crumbling under a billion-pound repair backlog, it emerged2008-12-29T08:24:51ZTop London hospital turns away patients in A&E beds crisis
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A leading hospital in south London was forced to turn away sick patients and ambulances from accident and emergency after it ran out of beds2008-12-12T09:23:25ZPolyclinics 'will drain money from hospitals'
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London hospitals face massive cash cuts as a result of sweeping changes to the health service, the Standard can reveal2008-11-28T09:00:08ZPatients shun the worst hospitals
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Patients in London are refusing to be treated in the worst hospitals, figures reveal2008-11-18T09:55:17Z£45 hospital parking charge deters heart patient from therapy
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Patients are cancelling vital appointments because of "exorbitant" hospital parking charges2008-11-05T08:13:46ZNHS branded a repeat offender over loss of staff data in the post
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The NHS was criticised after the personal details of 18,000 workers in London were lost in the post2008-09-16T08:10:33ZLondon NHS care is postcode lottery
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Patients in London face a postcode lottery on how much health bosses spend on urgent care, a report reveals2008-09-08T08:26:52ZNHS trusts 'wasting £50m on consultants'
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Campaigners say up to £50million a year is being wasted on "pen pushers" after the scale of NHS cash which is being spent on expensive management consultants was revealed2008-08-29T09:26:39ZIT blunders at NHS cause dangerous delays
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Patients have missed operations and urgent consultations because of a botched NHS computer system, documents reveal2008-08-11T08:08:00ZNHS trust 'making fast buck in parking fines'
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Health service bosses have been accused of "exploitation" after visitors and staff were forced to pay thousands of pounds in parking fines2008-08-05T09:08:42ZNo charges over C.diff outbreak that killed 90
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Hospital bosses will not be charged over Britain's worst superbug outbreak which led to the deaths of 90 patients2008-07-30T13:13:21Z3,200 patients a day miss hospital appointments
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Patients missed more than 1.1 million appointments at London hospitals in the past year, figures show2008-06-25T08:23:22Z£150,000 for NHS spin team
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The organisation that will bring polyclinics to the capital plans to spend up to £150,000 on a team of press officers2008-06-16T13:12:38ZPolyclinics could ruin Labour at the polls, say health campaigners
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The introduction of polyclinics could see Labour cruising into electoral "oblivion" in London, campaigners warn2008-06-10T12:15:25ZHospital trust fails to meet 'deep clean' target on bugs
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A hospital trust slammed for poor hygiene has failed to meet the Government's "deep clean" target2008-03-31T13:20:46ZOnly 3,500 give views on massive NHS shake-up
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Only 3,500 Londoners have responded to a £1 million government consultation on NHS reforms2008-03-11T09:21:38Z