New instructions on hospital cleanliness
Press Review 8 December 2004
The government has published new cleaning standards for hospitals in a bid to beat the MRSA "superbug".
Latest 'superbug' strategy set out
News Article 7 December 2004
Ministers have set out new cleaning standards for hospitals in a bid to beat the MRSA "superbug".
Ministers to launch MRSA initiative
Press Review 7 December 2004
The government will today launch a new initiative aimed at improving the cleanliness of hospitals, as new figures reveal that 5,000 patients die every year as a result of infections contracted after they were admitted.
Health service waste amounts to £20bn
Press Review 6 December 2004
The Times reports the NHS will cost £20 billion more than it should by 2010 as a result of the government’s "failure to implement cost-effective reforms".
Nurses set to train as surgeons
Press Review 6 December 2004
The government wants nurses to be trained as surgeons in order to help reduce hospital waiting lists.
NHS chief hails improvements
News Article 3 December 2004
The chief executive of the NHS has welcomed figures showing waiting times in England's hospitals have been cut by a third in six years.
NHS the envy of world, claims Reid
Press Review 2 December 2004
The health secretary said yesterday that improvements in the NHS are being envied around the world.
NHS set for quango cull
Press Review 1 December 2004
The government has axed the "NHS university", an organisation set up last year to improve the skills of the health service's 1.3 million employees.
Health plan hit by sceptical report
Press Review 30 November 2004
A report from the King's Fund says ministers should be cautious in putting NHS money into a US scheme to keep elderly people out of hospital.
Star ratings
Policy Consultation 29 November 2004
Comment from the Department of Health, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats and NHS Confederation.
Star ratings set for axe
Press Review 29 November 2004
The government's Healthcare Commission has announced that controversial star ratings for hospitals are to be scrapped.
Star ratings to be scrapped
News Article 29 November 2004
The government's Healthcare Commission has revealed that controversial star ratings for hospitals are to be scrapped.
'Super surgery' opens its doors
Press Review 26 November 2004
John Reid has opened the first in a £1 billion nationwide wave of "super surgeries" for NHS patients in Newham, East London.
Dentistry targets under fire
Press Review 25 November 2004
Government targets to increase NHS dentistry are "ambitious" and may not be met, Parliament's spending watchdog has concluded.
Watchdog warns on dentistry targets
News Article 25 November 2004
Parliament's spending watchdog has warned that government targets to increase NHS dentistry are "ambitious" and may not be met.
