HIV transfusion victims unaware of virus for decades, inquiry told
· Government failed to follow up patients at risk· Danger of wider infection a 'serious problem'
Ministers accused of failing to act as TB cases grow
· UK defies European trend with 11% rise in London · Recent outbreaks in Luton and Swansea schools
Both sides in abortion row get ready for parliamentary battle
· Backbench bill seeks further limits on act· Pro-choice campaigners push for liberalisation
Impractical preaching
Leader: The Catholic church is a free association with every right to lobby - as it did to good end, for example, on the issue of developing-world debt. On abortion, however, it must be resisted.
NHS patients denied dignity, says watchdog
· Scores of trusts failing to meet basic standards· Mixed-sex bathrooms still in widespread use
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What was the key policy decision of the past decade? We consider Blair's legacy.
Experts slam government’s flu outbreak plans
Doctors' leaders warn that flaws in the government's plans to deal with a flu pandemic could cause chaos in the event of an outbreak.
Hewitt admits failure on mixed-sex wards pledge
The health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, admitted yesterday that thousands of NHS patients were being caused 'great distress' by the government's failure to honour its 1997 manifesto commitment to eliminate mixed-sex wards in England.