Private ops on NHS may reach 15%
Minister foresees big rise in contracts to beat waiting lists.
Strategy to shame superbug hospitals
Government lists areas where risk of infection is greatest.
Plan to cut hospital stays the US way
Reid hopes to import private health corporation's methods.
‘You live with cancer – not just die with it’
Last week, the MP Evan Harris announced he was putting his political career on hold to spend time with his terminally ill girlfriend. He tells Simon Hattenstone how he feels the NHS let her down - and what lessons can be learned.
A tragedy of errors
An MP yesterday criticised doctors for failing to spot his girlfriend's brain tumour. Lucy Atkins asks what we can do to protect ourselves against medical mistakes.