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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English NHS is poor relation of service in other parts of UK, patients' group says
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The NHS in Scotland fails to meet its target for cutting waiting times for cancer patients.
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One in four NHS trusts in England admit they are failing to comply with hygiene regulations introduced last year to halt the spread of MRSA.
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The state is failing children in care with most leaving without any qualifications, a report by a think tank has said.
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The head of a leading mental health charity accuses the UK's medicines watchdog of not doing its job properly.
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NOVEMBER 26, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - IT system failures continued to plague the UK government this week, when as many as 80,000 civil servants working for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) had to deal with what is being described in the local
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Health secretary says too many request antibiotics despite evidence that they will not be effective
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Don't trust NHS IT British doctors are almost unanimous in not trusting the government to adequately secure patients' medical records.â¦
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The state is failing children in its care with most leaving without any qualifications, a report by a think tank has said.
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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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Floating ideas at the CRDB Work has begun on a social care equivalent of the care records guarantee for medical records, paving the way for merging health and social care records. The plans were disclosed as part of a debate at the annual Care Records Development Board meeting in London, yesterday.â¦
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The government has been accused of failing to meet a promise to scrap mixed-sex wards in NHS hospitals.
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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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Questions about billing, coverage and prices of drugs covered under the new prescription benefit were routinely wrong, the government finds.
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More must be done to ensure patients do not stay in hospital longer than needed, a report finds.
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No English council is zero-star-rated for adult social services - but there is concern about those failing to improve.