'Easier' health complaints system
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Proposals easing the way for Welsh NHS patients to make complaints and win compensation are to be published.
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A ban on grumpiness, gossiping, mini-skirts and rudeness is what the doctor orders to improve patient care in Serbia's hospitals, according to new rules issued by the country's Health Ministry.
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Breathing easier without limiting activities is the goal of new government guidelines that urge more attention to asthma sufferers' day-to-day symptoms, not just their severe attacks.
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One-third say they or a family member have experienced a medical error, a new survey finds. By Karen Pallarito. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- Five years after the release of a landmark report revealing
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NEW YORK  - The traditional annual physical exam, or "periodic health evaluation," delivers preventive care and decreases worry for patients, and justifies the costs, according to a new report.
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Not dead, just sleeping Connecting for Health (CfH) has hit back at claims that the NHS computer system has almost one "major incident" a dayâ¦
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The NHS must do more to put patients at the heart of the health service and give them a say, experts say.
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NHS star ratings are set to be replaced by a five-level worded grading system under new proposals.
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Some people with chronic health problems who seek online advice would be better off just listening to their doctors, new research suggests.
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DTI, Patent Office get started on Gowers A hand-picked group of 40 small businesses in the UK is to be offered "intellectual property health checks" by the Department of Trade and Industry, in line with recommendations laid out in the Gowers review on intellectual property.â¦
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Patients who want to see a GP in the evening should face a charge, some family doctors say.
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Over three-quarters of doctors say they are unhappy about the planned new IT system for the NHS.
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A faster, more streamlined system of assessing treatments for the NHS should be introduced, MPs say.
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The Department of Health is setting up a surveillance system against bird flu to aid health workers to manage possible cases of the disease among humans, it was learned Saturday.
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Patients will find new pharmacies easier to get to, open longer and offering a wider range of services locally following new rules to control the location of pharmacies Health Minister Rosie Winterton announced today.
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Comment is free: Seumas Milne: It beggars belief that US health privateers straight out of Michael Moore's Sicko are being lined up to run core NHS services.
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A complaining patient removed from a medical practice's list has prompted concerns about new doctors' contracts.