Doctors leader calls for social insurance
Press Review 4 July 2002
NHS seeking £5bn hi-tech cash boost
Press Review 14 June 2002
Health infrastructure investment needed
Press Review 21 May 2002
Tories delay policy on NHS
Press Review 30 April 2002
Milburn links pay to productivity
Press Review 25 April 2002
Departments warned on budget underspends
Press Review 24 April 2002
Treasury warns Health over NHS underspends
News Article 23 April 2002
Heath ministers who fail to spend extra Budget booty could lose NHS cash to other departments, a senior Treasury official has warned.
Milburn defends NHS overhaul
News Article 23 April 2002
The government is committed to a comprehensive programme of investment and reform for the NHS, Alan Milburn has told MPs.
Blair refuses to give new tax commitment
Press Review 22 April 2002
Milburn sets out NHS prescription
Press Review 19 April 2002
Blair 'confident' of public support for tax rises
News Article 19 April 2002
The prime minister has defended Budget tax rises, expressing confidence he can win the political argument for higher NHS spending.
Iain Duncan Smith's speech in full
News Article 18 April 2002
The full text of Iain Duncan Smith speech to the London Chamber of Commerce on Thursday.
No easy way to fund NHS, says Number 10
News Article 18 April 2002
There is no easy way to fund the health service, Downing Street has said in its defence of the Budget tax rises.
NHS boost leaves less for rival departments
News Article 18 April 2002
As government departments count the cost of the chancellor's NHS splurge, ministers are left to fight over a planned £1.6 billion increase in spending in 2003/04.
Milburn looks to 'real' improvements in NHS
News Article 18 April 2002
Alan Milburn has staked the government's reputation on "real and significant" improvements in the health service before the next general election.