GPs revolt over patient files privacy
Poll shows doctors fear national database will be at risk from hackers.
Wide dissatisfaction with NHS hospital food
· Survey shows patients are denied choice and quality· Health minister urged to 'do a Jamie Oliver'
200 NHS hospitals to be declared ‘weak’
More than 200 NHS trusts will be officially branded tomorrow as 'weak' in a devastating report from the health inspectorate, the Guardian can reveal.
Hospital food – it’s enough to make you sick
Thick, salty soup with the texture of wallpaper paste; a pie crust, hiding a serving of mechanically recovered 'meat' and dry mash. Is this the best patients can hope for? Jay Rayner investigates.
Ministers approve £1.5bn hospital building proposal
· Initiative to be financed through private sector · Plan will be costly error warns public sector union
Hospital loses £2.5m for treating patients too quickly
A debt-ridden NHS hospital has lost almost £2.5m after breaching an agreement with a local NHS body which said patients should wait at least four months for treatment.