Maternity care faults criticised
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An independent review of maternity services has highlighted huge variations in the quality of care.
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Leading medical experts in Scotland criticise a major shake-up of the regulation of doctors.
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Areas of the health service in Wales are performing worse since being run by the Welsh assembly, a report says.
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It's a "bloody show" at maternity retailer Mothers Work.
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Senior staff working in the health service in Wales lack confidence in the system, new research finds.
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NHS healthcare for cancer patients is not good enough, a think-tank of almost 1,000 doctors says.
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Patient care has suffered, say unions as Guardian analysis shows extent of underspend.
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Many NHS trusts are failing to meet core standards for out-of-hours primary care, statistics show.
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Critics say new rules to standardise funding of continuing care in England do not go far enough.
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A hospital apologises after a woman in labour claimed she was told to look in the Yellow Pages for a maternity bed.
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A report criticises the rules governing which elderly and disabled people are entitled to social care in England.
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Private clinics doing NHS operations have not carried out all the treatment they have been paid for, figures show.
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Many NHS trusts have significant flaws in the service they provide for children, a report finds.
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A quarter of hospital trusts in England are failing to meet new standards on infection control, a survey suggests.
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The number of local health boards in Wales should be cut because they don't serve all patients properly, says the health minister.
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Almost half of care homes for the elderly and a third for children fall short of national standards, experts claim.
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The cost to the NHS of maternity care for mothers born outside the UK has risen by Â£200m in a decade.