Social care rules 'inconsistent'
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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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The NHS is failing to offer sufficient out-of-hours GP care for severely ill patients, experts say.
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Women must have more control over how they give birth as well as where, new NHS guidance states.
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Hundreds of GP surgeries across the UK are "not fit for purpose", a study suggests.
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The government says it will consider an independent complaints system for vulnerable old people in care.
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Concerns about safety and the care of dying patients dominate complaints to an NHS watchdog.
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In her new book, Janet Golden argues that the response to fetal alcohol syndrome has been inconsistent, often illogical and frequently volatile.
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Â· Provision of services has become inconsistentÂ· Vulnerability test breaches government's strategy
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Doubts remain on the quality of private clinics seeing NHS patients in England, the health watchdog says.
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There are worrying contrasts between the high standards of private mental hospital wards and the Victorian realities of the public sector, a report found today.
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Gordon Brown's golden rule of balancing public finances may still be broken after the latest borrowing figures proved contradictory,  analysts say.
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A body which examines unresolved complaints about NHS treatment is missing its own targets, the BBC learns.
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Doctors deny older people treatments they would offer younger patients, a study says.
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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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Proposed changes to healthcare regulation in the European Union could threaten  patient care standards, doctors argue.
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LABOR has again rejected claims that its plan for free hospital care for over-75s had not been properly costed. A report by Econtech, commissioned by the Australian Health Insurance Association, has estimated
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A quarter of hospital trusts in England are failing to meet new standards on infection control, a survey suggests.