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.
'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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
