Norfolk MP apologises for ‘inbreeding’ comments
The Labour MP for Norwich North, Ian Gibson, issued an unreserved apology today to the long-suffering natives of Norfolk for suggesting their susceptibility to diabetes was because they were 'inbred'.
Poor areas hardest hit by NHS cuts in London
· New chief tackles £70m budget shortfall
· Trusts in black to forfeit any 'surplus' funds
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.
Did the NHS slow Blair’s Atlantic drift?
John Carvel: There was a palpable sense of relief in the NHS when the name of its new chief executive was announced last week. Many may not have known much about David Nicholson, the man assigned to run the health service in London, until the call came for him to take over England as a whole.
Experts criticise NHS reform
Senior healthcare experts today criticised government NHS reforms as incoherent and called for a national review of the way the health service is governed and managed. But in a series of articles in the British Medical Journal, they rejected a … Continue reading
Dancing with dogma
Leader: Tony Blair was at it again yesterday - setting out the case for opening up public services to private providers, in one of a series of grand, setpiece speeches that he is said to have penned himself.
Tony Blair’s speech on healthy living
Full text of the prime minister's speech on improving public health
Reports reveal threats to NHS patients’ safety
· Women raped in psychiatric wards· Poor medical training causing drug deaths