Hospitals blamed as sex disease figures soar

Chief medical officer will urge reduction in clinic waiting times to fight huge rise in disease rates.

Quango cull will free £500m for NHS, says Reid

About 6,000 jobs will be axed in a cull of NHS quangos in the next four years, releasing an extra £500m for frontline patient care, the health secretary promised yesterday.

Tracking the pill poppers

A big contractor is trying to persuade the NHS that its future lies in tagging drugs. Michael Cross reports.

Watchdog accuses government of inaction over rise in superbug cases

Ministers 'all at sea' over increasing threat to patients, say parliamentary spending watchdogs.