Hewitt intervenes in case of terminally ill man
News Article 19 May 2005
The Department of Health said that giving life-prolonging treatment to every patient who demands it would be a major waste of NHS resources.
Ministers deliver osteoporosis cash boost
News Article 3 April 2005
The government has announced a £20m boost in funding for the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis.
Ministers overhaul cosmetic surgery rules
Press Review 28 January 2005
Only trained medical professionals will be able to carry out cosmetic procedures such as botox injections, under reforms to the industry being unveiled on Friday.
New IVF rules mooted
Press Review 13 January 2005
Britain's IVF guidelines, which require couples to be deemed responsible parents before doctors can treat them, are up for review.
Patient information
Policy Consultation 12 January 2005
Comment from the Liberal Democrats, Pfizer, the Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust and Beating Bowel Cancer.
Committee criticises 'ignorant' NHS allergy services
News Article 2 November 2004
MPs have hit out at the lack of allergy services offered by the NHS.
NHS under fire over allergy treatment
Press Review 2 November 2004
The Commons health committee has claimed that millions of allergy sufferers are being failed by the NHS.
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Government Affairs Website
Beating Bowel Cancer
Government Affairs Website
Labour 'to blame for hospital superbugs'
Press Review 2 September 2004
In a speech today Tory leader Michael Howard will say that thousands of people die "needlessly" each year from hospital-acquired MRSA infections.
Fertility treatment to be made easier
Press Review 16 August 2004
John Reid is to overhaul regulations next year to ensure that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act of 1990 is brought up to date.
Royal College of Physicians
Government Affairs Website
Minister hails NHS boost for genetic testing
News Article 5 July 2004
Health minister Lord Warner has said that genetics will have a "profound" impact on the health service.
Committee questions hip replacement procedures
News Article 5 May 2004
An influential committee of MPs has said taxpayers are still not getting value for money from NHS hip replacements, although the service has improved.
NHS to limit caesareans
Press Review 28 April 2004
Official guidelines for NHS trusts which restricts women's choice about how they give birth are published today.
