One in 10 patients ‘shouldn’t be in hospital’
Managers float bed closures and hi-tech treatments at home in pared back NHS.
Greater choice for patients in Reid’s five year plan
Ministers hope the health secretary's plans for the NHS will give the government momentum and refocus political debate on the domestic agenda after 15 months of dominance by foreign affairs.
The health service is on the up without ‘radical reform’
Polly Toynbee: Blair should trumpet the NHS revival, not threaten more disruption.
The end of the x-ray
The old-fashioned x-ray, printed on film and displayed on a lightbox, is about to vanish. Dr Phil Hammond celebrates - and mourns - its passing.
‘We all kill a few patients as we learn’
Everybody makes mistakes at work but what if you're a doctor and you ruin a patient's life - or even end it? Doctor-turned-writer Jed Mercurio recalls a catalogue of errors from his years as a medical student.