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.
Britons Aids 'ignorance' revealed
Press Review 1 December 2004
A new survey suggests British people are not fully educated about Aids and the HIV virus.
HIV/Aids
Policy Consultation 30 November 2004
Comment from the Liberal Democrats, World Vision, Marie Stopes
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.
No bliss in ignorance
Publication Article 29 November 2004
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.
Food labelling
Policy Consultation 25 November 2004
Comment from the Food Standards Agency, the National Consumer Council and Which?
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.
Ministers target sexual health
Press Review 25 November 2004
The government is to invest £300 million in sexual health services in order to tackle the rise in sexually transmitted infections.
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.
Reid invests in sexual health
News Article 25 November 2004
Sexual health services in
