Forget the high concepts, this is an ideal prescription for the NHS
Polly Toynbee: Patricia Hewitt's take on community health is the kind of unheroic policy making we need - but it must get a fair chance.
Ministers balk at Barts’ £1.15bn development project
Britain's oldest hospital had victory snatched from its grasp yesterday as it came towards the end of a four-year campaign to win government approval for a £1.15bn redevelopment plan - the largest private finance initiative scheme ever undertaken by the NHS.
Hewitt reprieves cottage hospitals in care shift
· Consultants to hold clinics in GP health centres · Many inpatients will be moved out of big hospitals
‘I’m sick to death of more reforms’
Dr Maria Waters, a GP in Ealing, west London, reacts to the new consumerist vision for the NHS outlined in the government's latest health reforms.
A cowardly position
Zoe Williams: Talking about abortion time limits is just a new way of peddling the pro-life position.
Women demand tougher laws to curb abortions
· Poll reveals growing concern over late terminations.
· Blair under pressure to agree review as MPs urge change
Free fruit and veg scheme for young pupils hits problems
· Food administrators quit jobs after spending freeze· Study says idea has not changed eating habits