Smoke signals
Hélène Mulholland examines which MPs are likely to back a full smoking ban in tonight's vote.
Grounding ‘frequent flyers’
Leader: It is just two weeks since the government signalled in its latest health white paper a switch from hospital to primary care. The benefits of doing so - not just in costs but in the quality of life for patients - are indisputable.
‘I was surviving in hospital, I wasn’t living’
Margaret Marsh raves about her improved quality of life since meeting community matron Cheryl Corringham.
‘Frequent flyers’ costing NHS £2.3bn a year
Research seeks to slash the half a million people regularly admitted as emergencies.
Infection teams to target hospitals failing to halt MRSA rise
The government yesterday announced it will send teams of experts into hospitals that are failing to get MRSA rates down.
Britain defies US with funding to boost safe abortion services
· Attempt to replace lost dollars after ‘global gag’ · 70,000 died last year in backstreet operations
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.