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Lost NHS jobs in North East highlighted + VIDEO

JournalLive — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:25:00 GMT

THE Government has been accused of a "slash-and-burn approach to the NHS" after new figures showed the loss of more than 1,000 health jobs in the North East since it came to power.

North East fears over NHS funding allocation suggestion

JournalLive — Tue, 01 May 2012 07:28:00 GMT

HEALTH inequalities in the North East will get worse if the Government uses age rather than deprivation as a core measure of NHS funding allocation, MPs and unions have warned.

Nick Clegg tells critics that NHS reform is essential

JournalLive — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:24:00 GMT

DEPUTY Prime Minister Nick Clegg has blasted critics of the Coalition’s NHS shake-up for “sticking their head in the sand” over the need for reforms.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead to create centre for excellence

JournalLive — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A NEW pathology “centre for excellence” will be developed at a North East hospital following a £12m grant from the Government.

Easington MP leads campaign to publish NHS "risk register"

JournalLive — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

NORTH East MPs are piling pressure on the Government to release a document that critics claim will spell out the dangers posed to the NHS by a controversial overhaul.

Fears Health and Social Care Bill will scar North East

JournalLive — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

HEALTH inequalities in the region will get worse if the Government’s unpopular Health and Social Care Bill becomes law, senior doctors have warned.

Cameron urged to dump NHS shake-up or face his "Waterloo"

JournalLive — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

ONE of the North East’s leading doctors yesterday urged David Cameron to “cut his losses” on controversial NHS reforms as Labour claimed they could be the Prime Minister’s “Waterloo”.

New 111 number is to create 140 jobs

JournalLive — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:10:00 GMT

ANEW service to handle non-emergency medical calls will create 140 jobs for the region after North East Ambulance Service secured a £45m contract.

Government approach to obesity crisis wins North backing

JournalLive — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

A LEADING doctor from the North East has backed a new Government approach to tackling obesity which calls on the public to take responsibility for their own health.

Lansley backs North medics' views on NHS cash waste

JournalLive — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 07:00:00 GMT

HEALTH Secretary Andrew Lansley has backed North East doctors’ views that too much money has been wasted on a failed computer project.