Ministers set for NHS reform retreat
Press Review 11 January 2005
The government is preparing to rethink its major NHS reform amid fears that it could lead to financial problems in advance of the general election.
Minister pledges action on NHS racism
News Article 11 January 2005
The government has published its long awaited response to the inquiry into the death of David "Rocky" Bennett.
Homeless Link
Government Affairs Website
Top doctors braced for pension cuts
Press Review 10 January 2005
Senior medical staff will lose thousands of pounds under government proposals to scrap final salary pension schemes for more than one million NHS staff.
NHS set for ethnic survey
Press Review 10 January 2005
Ministers are to order the NHS to introduce comprehensive ethnic monitoring of all mental health patients in England.
Pesticides linked to prostate cancer
Press Review 10 January 2005
Medical advisers to the government have warned that pesticides might cause prostate cancer.
Union calls for NHS clean up
News Article 10 January 2005
Unison has called for an end to contract cleaning and an increase in NHS manpower in order to reduce the number of people infected with the MRSA superbug.
Reid hails treatment centre success
News Article 7 January 2005
The health secretary has insisted that the new wave of NHS treatment centres is delivering rapid improvements in patient care.
NHS funding
Policy Consultation 6 January 2005
Comment from the Department of Health, the Conservatives and the NHS Confederation.
Reid on recruitment push for matrons
Press Review 6 January 2005
Around 3,000 community matrons are being recruited over the next two years to provide better care for patients, the government announced yesterday.
NHS en route to £250m deficit
Press Review 6 January 2005
The National Health Service is facing a deficit of almost a quarter of a billion pounds by the end of this financial year, a new report has warned
NHS faces £500m 'blackhole'
News Article 6 January 2005
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