New report slams NHS managers for ‘hazardous’ maternity care
Health chief's damning assessment of maternity units backs Observer findings on cleanliness, safety and care.
Private health deal sweeteners face axe
Patricia Hewitt, the health secretary, promised today to phase out the sweeteners enjoyed by private sector health corporations treating patients from the NHS waiting list.
Hewitt scrubs up to track down the new NHS billions
More money has been spent on the health service than ever before but are the government's ambitious reforms working? Jo Revill reports.
Mothers going into labour still lack expert care
Poll shows 27pc won't get constant help from a doctor or midwife.
Trainee midwives win maternity pay
Three trainee midwives have won a landmark sex discrimination case establishing rights to maternity pay for thousands of women studying to join the NHS professions.