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The government has ring-fenced health spending, but the DoH will apparently suffer 1,700 job cuts
1,700 DoH staff ‘face the axe’

by Peter Wozniak As many as 1,700 outsourced staff working at the Department of Health (DoH), including medical professionals, are to be made redundant, according to media reports. The staff, employed by the DoH to work in a variety of programmes include health professionals, dentists and psychiatrists, are apparently to be sacked as a result… Read more »

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NHS consultants' bonuses face harsh light of review
NHS consultants face bonus crackdown

By politics.co.uk staff A review of bonuses paid to NHS consultants across Britain has been tasked with ensuring they are “affordable”. Around £200 million is spent each year on clinical excellence and distinction awards, which have remained unchanged for six decades since first being introduced to reward hardworking consultants in 1948. They will now be… Read more »