Body of evidence at Bedford hospital
Patrick Butler investigates the real story behind the Bedford hospital trust 'bodies in the chapel' scandal and asks what happened next?
Q & A: Junior doctors’ pay deal explained
What is a junior doctor?The term "junior" is somewhat misleading, as it refers to all doctors in training who are working under the supervision of consultants. That includes everyone from the most junior doctors, who are straight out of medical school, to pre-registration house officers, senior house officers and specialist registrars. It typically takes between 10 and 16 years to become a consultant, although this time period varies between specialties.
Rights verdict
NHS conduct procedures pass key test
Profile: Beverly Malone
In offering the charismatic Beverly Malone the job of general secretary, the RCN may have, at a stroke, gone a long way to countering its reputation as a risk-averse, cautious and conservative organisation.
IT ‘glasnost’ allows health staff web access
Department of Health staff will be able to read these words without fear of the sack - because technology "glasnost" in their section of the notoriously stuffy civil service now permits "free" use of the internet at work.
£500m plan to plug NHS into internet revolution
The government has launched a £500m plan to wire up the NHS to the internet revolution, with the aim of improving standards of care and speeding up access to treatment and health information.
Special deal for NHS lab staff is a healthy sign
The extra pay rise for laboratory staff is a recognition that they play a vital role in the government's ambitions to improve NHS quality and productivity, writes Patrick Butler
The row over the abolition of community health councils rages on
Government proposals to abolish community health councils have proven more controversial than ministers could have imagined. Simon Parker reports