Ministers warned over patient choice plan
Press Review 19 January 2005
The government's attempts to allow patients to select and book hospital appointments from GPs' surgeries by the end of the year is in serious risk of failure, a report from the National Audit Office has warned.
Auditors issue warning on patient choice plan
News Article 19 January 2005
The government is failing to engage GPs in its massive programme to expand patient choice in the NHS, a report from the National Audit Office has warned.
NHS set for foundation status expansion
News Article 18 January 2005
More NHS trusts have been given the go-ahead to continue with their bids for foundation status.
Ambulances 'forced to wait for A&E beds'
News Article 17 January 2005
The leader of Britain's biggest union has attacked government targets on A&E waiting times, which he claims have led to queues of ambulances outside hospitals.
NHS IT opt out confirmed
Press Review 14 January 2005
The Department of Health has confirmed that members of the public will have the right to opt out altogether of new NHS electronic patient records, or have certain information concealed from the database in all but emergency circumstances.
Brown calls for Aids vaccine drive
News Article 13 January 2005
Gordon Brown has called for new international research co-operation to find a vaccine for Aids.
'Not enough NHS dentists' Blair admits
Press Review 13 January 2005
Tony Blair admitted yesterday that his promise to provide NHS dentists for everyone by 2001 had not been fulfilled.
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.
Brown pledges drive for Aids vaccine
Press Review 13 January 2005
Chancellor Gordon Brown has kicked off a visit to Africa by calling for a $10 billion a year investment in the search for an Aids vaccine.
Patient information
Policy Consultation 12 January 2005
Comment from the Liberal Democrats, Pfizer, the Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust and Beating Bowel Cancer.
New warning on mobile phones
Press Review 12 January 2005
Parents have been advised against permitting children under the age of eight to use mobile phones.
NHS pensions
Policy Consultation 11 January 2005
Comment from the FDA and the GMB
MRSA 'superbug'
Policy Consultation 11 January 2005
Comments from the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats and the Business Services Association.
Reid delays dentistry shake-up
Press Review 11 January 2005
The health secretary has confirmed that a radical shake-up of NHS dentistry has been shelved for six months amid fears local managers are not prepared for the new arrangements.
Reid on MRSA defensive
Press Review 11 January 2005
John Reid claimed yesterday that the government is "really putting cleaners and cleanliness back at the centre of our campaign against MRSA" - the best known of the superbugs.
