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Re: How Much ? (10th Jul 13 at 10:19am UTC)
NHS redundancy payments cost taxpayers £435m
National Audit Office data shows cost of health service overhaul, as critics descibe changes as a 'private sector bonanza

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jul/10/nhs-changes-cost-taxpayers-redundancy
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Re: How Much ? (22nd Jul 13 at 9:05am UTC)
Doctors urged to cut medicine prescription waste http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23374000
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Re: How Much ? (3rd Aug 13 at 9:35am UTC)
NHS prescriptions soar to record one BILLION in just one year

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-prescriptions-soar-record-one-2105992#ixzz2atfa2aa3

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Re: How Much ? (5th Aug 13 at 9:12am UTC)
NHS gets own price comparison website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23555314
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Re: How Much ? (18th Aug 13 at 8:02am UTC)
Pharmacy charged NHS £89 for cod liver oil it could have got for £3

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10248759/Pharmacy-charged-NHS-89-for-cod-liver-oil-it-could-have-got-for-3.html
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Re: How Much ? (8th Sep 13 at 10:56am UTC)
The head of the NHS in England, Sir David Nicholson, claimed almost £14,000 in travel and food expenses in the first three months of this year, official records show.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10291851/NHS-chief-takes-14000-in-three-months-expenses.html
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Re: How Much ? (15th Sep 13 at 10:54am UTC)
Senior NHS doctors claim more than £150,000 overtime for out-of-hours care (which boosts their salary to £300,000)
Some NHS consultants given triple pay to work evenings and weekends
Hourly rates vary, but can be as high as £372.50
The arrangement has been called 'outrageous and totally unacceptable'
But NHS trusts say they had to pay out to make up for staff shortages


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2420989/Senior-NHS-doctors-claim-150-000-overtime-provide-hours-care-boosts-salary-300-000.html#ixzz2exQZsE1L
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Re: How Much ? (27th Sep 13 at 10:13am UTC)
NHS 'gravy train' pays £570k a year for managers

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10337396/NHS-gravy-train-pays-570k-a-year-for-managers.html
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Re: How Much ? (21st Oct 13 at 8:39am UTC)
Care Quality Commission pays £800k in severance to four executives
The CQC's severance payments are likely to raise concerns that taxpayers' money is being used as a reward for failure

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/oct/19/care-quality-commission-800k-severance-executives
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Re: How Much ? (28th Oct 13 at 10:57am UTC)
Jeremy Hunt launches crackdown on excessive pay of health service bosses
Health secretary says the NHS risks losing public confidence in the same way as the BBC if pay is not reined in

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/oct/28/jeremy-hunt-crackdown-excessive-pay-health-bosses
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Re: How Much ? (1st Nov 13 at 9:54am UTC)
NHS gives £1m payoff to couple - and then rehires them a few weeks later at a different trust
Karen Straughair, 50, got £605,000 when trust she worked at was wound up
Husband Chris Reed received £345,000 when his organisation was abolished
Now they are both working at another trust just weeks later


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2483071/NHS-gives-1m-payoff-couple--rehires-weeks-later-different-trust.html#ixzz2jO0eIomd
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Re: How Much ? (2nd Nov 13 at 9:59am UTC)
NHS urged to claw back redundancy payments from re-employed staff

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/nhs/10422355/NHS-urged-to-claw-back-redundancy-payments-from-re-employed-staff.html
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Re: How Much ? (9th Nov 13 at 10:56am UTC)
Lawyers grab HALF victim payouts in Mid Staffs scandal: One patient received £6.5k but solicitors got £221k
Half of the £7.4m paid to Mid Staff victims has been pocketed by lawyers
One patient received £6.5k in compensation, while his solicitors got £221k
In another case, lawyers made £50k, yet victim only received £15k
Lawyers' actions are 'unacceptable and disgraceful,' says Margaret Hodge


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2494232/Mid-Staffs-scandal-Lawyers-grab-HALF-victim-payouts-in.html#ixzz2k92VbBtA
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Re: How Much ? (10th Nov 13 at 9:35am UTC)
Number of NHS 'super managers' earning up to £240,000 soars amid pay freeze fear
Figures undermine David Cameron's claims that health service bureaucracy is being cut

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/nov/10/nhs-super-managers-428-nurse-pay
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Re: How Much ? (24th Nov 13 at 9:15am UTC)
'Stealth’ pay rises for NHS staff costing £1bn a year

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10468332/Stealth-pay-rises-for-NHS-staff-costing-1bn-a-year.html
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Re: How Much ? (4th Jan 14 at 11:35am UTC)
GPs 'paid £1,500 a night for A&E shifts'
Family doctors can earn almost £1,500 a shift to plug gaps in Accident and Emergency units, figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10550491/GPs-paid-1500-a-night-for-AandE-shifts.html
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Re: How Much ? (13th Mar 14 at 10:19am UTC)
NHS fatcat quits - but will still be paid £300,000 over the next two years: Details emerge on same day thousands of nurses will learn their pay has been cut
Jo-Anne Wass, 46, is a close ally of NHS boss, 'the man with no shame'
Will earn up to £155,000 a year for two years after quitting next month
Comes as Jeremy Hunt ignores advice to rise NHS staff pay by 1%


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2579564/NHS-fatcat-quits-paid-300-000-two-years-Details-emerge-day-thousands-nurses-learn-pay-cut.html#ixzz2vpwABLEX
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Re: How Much ? (17th Mar 14 at 10:45am UTC)
Thousands of redundant NHS staff rehired http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26608829
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Re: How Much ? (18th Mar 14 at 10:39am UTC)
NHS spends £100m a year caring for patients who do not need to be there

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10701356/NHS-spends-100m-a-year-on-patients-who-should-be-discharged.html
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Re: How Much ? (13th May 14 at 8:45am UTC)
NHS chiefs' expenses: 'astounding' spending exposed
New NHS head announces clampdown on lavish spending as figures reveal expenses culture at top of health service

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/nhs/10826167/NHS-chiefs-expenses-astounding-spending-exposed.html
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