Milburn: Diversity and choice within the NHS
News Article 24 May 2002
Health secretary, Alan Milburn's speech to the NHS Confederation in full.
Foreign private firms get permanent role in NHS
News Article 24 May 2002
Alan Milburn has said that US and European private health providers are to become "a permanent feature of the new NHS landscape".
NHS inefficiency costs 15,000 operations
Press Review 16 May 2002
Tories highlight plight of NHS 'vulnerable'
News Article 14 May 2002
The Tories have attacked Labour for failing the country's "most vulnerable" sick people
Milburn considers patient fines
Press Review 1 May 2002
NHS set to miss in-patient target
Press Review 25 April 2002
Councils face bed blocking bill
Press Review 19 April 2002
NHS getting better but can improve says Millburn
News Article 10 April 2002
NHS hospitals have met several key health targets but can still improve, the government has claimed.
Bed-blocking causing an NHS crisis, say Tories
News Article 26 March 2002
The NHS is facing a "bed blocking crisis" despite the government's extra spending on health, claim the Tories.
Britons prepared to travel for ops
Press Review 25 March 2002
Consultants cash in on crisis
Press Review 19 March 2002
NHS waiting lists increase
News Article 8 March 2002
There are over one million patients currently waiting to be admitted to NHS hospitals, figures released on Friday show.
Survey finds 20-hour A and E wait
Press Review 27 February 2002
NHS readmissions jump
News Article 20 February 2002
The number of discharged NHS patients who return to hospital as emergency cases has increased, according to figures released by the government.
Harris attacks 'biased' NHS performance figures
News Article 20 February 2002
The Lib Dems have attacked "biased and flawed" NHS performance figures published on Wednesday.
