Where the NHS is heading
Letters: The proposal that credit rating agencies should decide the fate of hospital services is final evidence of the intent behind the health bill to commercialise the NHS
Breast implants: ‘There are some very frightened women’
Hospitals are facing a flood of inquiries from patients concerned they may have been given faulty products
High risk healthcare ‘will suffer if medical cover is privatised’
BMA warns that proposals to replace NHS Litigation Authority with private model 'mimics worst aspects of US healthcare'
Breast implant scandal: comestic surgery companies face court action
Andrew Lansley says he will pursue private clinics who refuse to remove impants 'aggressively through the courts'
The PIP breast implant scandal shows the real cost of private health
Richard Horton: The PIP implant scare exposes serious flaws in British medical regulation and NHS policy
UK breast implant providers defy call for free replacement
Three UK cosmetic surgery firms reject health secretary's moral case to remove and replace PIP implants for free
PIP breast implants can be removed for free, says government
Women concerned over faulty implants should be allowed to have free removals by the NHS or cosmetic surgery centre
PIP breast implants can be removed for free on the NHS
Women with breast implants from the French company can have them removed for free, says Department of Health
The silicone implants blunder shows private healthcare needs scrutiny
Lucy Reynolds: While PIP breast implants were put in by private surgeons, the beleaguered NHS is likely to pick up the bill for any removals
Breast implants scandal: Andrew Lansley orders new review of dangers
Health secretary asks for study of risks posed by faulty French implants after new information leaves him 'worried'