Reid announces NHS trust budgets
News Article 9 February 2005
The health secretary has pledged to increase the speed of investment in healthcare with the announcement of cash allocations for NHS primary care trusts.
Doctors wary of NHS IT programme
Press Review 8 February 2005
The government's attempts to construct an integrated IT system for the NHS in England may fail because of a lack of confidencce among the doctors who are supposed to use it, a Guardian poll of GPs and consultants suggests.
Cancer services in crisis says study
News Article 6 February 2005
NHS cancer services are in crisis as a result of a failure to deliver reform, a damning new report has found.
Ministers urged to devolve more NHS work to private sector
Press Review 4 February 2005
The National Health Service should give more work to private healthcare providers.
Reid ready to allow hospital closures
Press Review 3 February 2005
John Reid has said he will introduce greater patient choice even if it forces some hospitals to close.
Cataract surgery waiting time cut
News Article 2 February 2005
Patients needing cataract surgery should wait no more than three months for treatment due to a £73 million government drive to speed up the service.
Reid outlines NHS reform manifesto
News Article 31 January 2005
John Reid has set out his personal manifesto for extending choice in the NHS.
Tories promise more NHS dentists
Press Review 28 January 2005
The Conservatives have pledged to put an NHS dentist back on every high street.
Wanted: more midwives
Press Review 27 January 2005
Britain needs an extra 10,000 midwives, according to a report released yesterday.
Foundation hospitals 'need contingency plans'
Press Review 26 January 2005
The Department of Health should develop detailed plans on how to cope when one of its flagship foundation trusts becomes insolvent, according to the head of the foundation trust regulator.
Ministers to deal with NHS failures
Press Review 24 January 2005
The Department of Health is to ask for outside help to tackle financial and clinical failures within the NHS.
Lib Dems target NHS waits
Press Review 21 January 2005
Charles Kennedy has been setting out his party's health policies, renewing his promise to scrap centrally imposed NHS targets.
Countryside health 'suffering' from urban bias
News Article 21 January 2005
Rural healthcare is suffering because policies developed for urban areas do not work in the countryside, claims a new report.
Private treatment targets under fire
Press Review 20 January 2005
NHS hospitals are having to cut services because of the government's use of the private sector, according to health leaders.
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.
