NHS warns MPs over local services
Press Review 9 November 2006
The head of the NHS has written to all MPs in England warning of closures and fundamental changes to "much loved local services".
NHS IT agency 'under threat'
Press Review 8 November 2006
A government admission that it is reclassifying the agency in charge of the troubled NHS IT project is reported as a sign that Connecting for Health could be scrapped.
NHS records system facing setbacks
Press Review 1 November 2006
Plans for a national electronic patient record in the NHS are struggling to be put in place due to financial problems associated with last year's deficit.
Blair to oversee 'critical' NHS period
News Article 17 October 2006
The next few months will be "critical" for the government's NHS reform programme, the prime minister has said.
Local surgeries to offer operations
News Article 16 October 2006
Patients are now able to have minor operations carried out at doctors' surgeries rather than hospitals under a wave of schemes being piloted in the NHS.
IT firm to leave NHS project
Press Review 28 September 2006
The consultancy Accenture is poised to quit the NHS's £6.2bn IT project, the Guardian reports.
Ministers face criticism on NHS reform
Press Review 25 September 2006
Ministers are set to receive a "bloody nose" over the NHS from trade unions at the Labour conference this week, the FT reports.
Hewitt defends NHS reforms
Press Review 20 September 2006
Patricia Hewitt yesterday admitted that the NHS "no longer knows where it is going".
EU seeks market in healthcare
Press Review 5 September 2006
European health commissioner Markos Kyprianou has told the FT that the EU's internal market "applies to health services".
NHS condemned over inequality
News Article 18 August 2006
The Healthcare Commission has said that few NHS trusts appear to be meeting legal requirements on race equality.
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Lib Dems could let councils run NHS
News Article 9 August 2006
A reformed NHS in which local authorities raise funds and set priorities is being considered by the Liberal Democrats.
Steve Webb - Lib Dem health spokesman
Interview 9 August 2006
Liberal Democrat health spokesman Steve Webb talks to ePolitix.com about the party's plans for reforming the NHS.
New fears over NHS 'postcode lottery'
News Article 9 August 2006
A report on regional variations in health spending has prompted questions over whether NHS patients still face a 'postcode lottery'.
Unions attack NHS reforms
Press Review 1 August 2006
Health unions have launched a campaign against the "alarming pace of ill-advised changes in the NHS".
