£750m cottage hospital plan under way

The first of a new generation of NHS cottage hospitals will be announced by the Department of Health today, kickstarting a £750m programme to move minor operations away from the big general hospitals and closer to people's homes.

Blair and Cameron clash over NHS report

David Cameron seized on the findings of the health select committee and challenged the prime minister over accusations of 'poor central management' of the NHS.

Health minister steps down

The government denied that Lord Warner's departure was connected to the troubled NHS IT project he was overseeing.

It is broke, so fix it

Leader: Along with optimistic plans to move the NHS as a whole into surplus, comes the admission that the financial binds being imposed were "unsustainable" for many individual trusts.