Hospital’s focus on waiting time targets led to 41 superbug deaths
· Infection control failures listed by health inspectors· NHS trust 'compromised safety of patients'
Premature babies transferred to hospitals up to 280 miles away
· Lack of cots and nurses causes neonatal crisis· 90% of intensive care units turn away babies
NHS trusts pay millions in fines to suppliers of delayed IT system
NHS trusts are being made to pay multimillion-pound penalties to computer suppliers because of a clause in contracts for the health service's £20bn IT scheme.
Crazy medicine
Dylan Evans: Only when alternative therapists abandon their crackpot theories will we be able to start taking them seriously.
Is NHS data there for any company – or just one?
Competitors claim a commercial joint venture with the official custodian of health data puts level playing field at risk, writes Michael Cross.
Hospital trust fined £100,000 over death of patient
In the first criminal trial to be brought over a patient's death, a hospital trust was yesterday fined £100,000 for failing to supervise two junior doctors.
Laing defends soaring value of its hospital PFI contracts
Private finance initiative manager John Laing reported 'robust' profits and a leap in the book value of its projects.
Nurse ‘played practical jokes in hospital ward’
· Disciplinary panel hears 12 allegations of misconduct · Colleagues outline racism, assaults and bad practice