NHS looks to prevent Mtas repeat
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Starts consultation on not screwing up The NHS has published a consultation document on the use of a national computer system to manage recruitment of junior doctors, in a bid to avoid a repeat of this year's debacle.â¦
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The new SNP administration is to set out its approach for tackling NHS waiting times in Scotland.
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Proposed healthcare regulation changes in the European Union could threaten UK patient care standards, say doctors. The proposed EU Services Directive is designed to ensure free movement of doctors around
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Doctors and the government are at loggerhead over getting GPs to work in the evenings and weekends.
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Protests against cuts in the NHS are threatening to rival the rebellion against the poll tax, campaigners warn.
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Hospital visitors are being urged to improve their hygiene in an effort to crack down on infections.
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THe NHS drugs advisory body is to reconsider its block on a drug for people with asbestos-related cancer.
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Nearly 5 million hospital admissions might have been prevented in 2000 if patients had received high quality primary and preventive care, according to a government report issued on Thursday.
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Ministers say they are getting to grips with hospital bugs as they set out measures in the fight against them.
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Patients who are violent to NHS staff could be made to pay for their treatment, under Lib Dem proposals.
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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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NHS trusts are struggling to meet key hygiene standards, according to data submitted to the NHS watchdog.
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NHS Direct is referring on too many patients to GPs and emergency services, putting strain on the system, doctors and ambulance crews say.
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A plea by doctors' leaders to give greater protection to family GPs will be acted upon, the health minister promises.
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Not all 999 calls will be dealt with by ambulances under changes aimed at eliminating misuse of the service.
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Slam 'botched from start' system The Liberal Democrat Party has repeated its call for a review of the NHS National Programme for IT.â¦
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The NHS is facing a blitz of inspections as a health watchdog uses new powers to crackdown on infections.