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NHS reforms face another Lords mauling
Plans to allow more private sector involvement in the NHS will be debated in the Lords later as the struggle over the health and social care bill continues.
Fresh concessions over NHS reforms
NHS reforms escape killer blow
The final straw? Nurses turn back on NHS reforms
Taxpayers face £16bn bill for clinical negligence claims
Clinical negligence claims could cost the government nearly £16 billion, "staggered" MPs have warned.
Miliband bids to kill off NHS bill
Opponents of the government's NHS reforms have three months to "stop this bill", Ed Miliband has said.
Fresh concessions over NHS reforms
The Department of Health has made a series of further concessions in a bid to rescue its embattled NHS reforms, but opponents appear unimpressed by the changes.
Plain cigarette packaging: Campaigners jostle for position
Initial skirmishes are taking place over plans to impose plain cigarette packaging, ahead of a public consultation this spring.
Too late to stop NHS reform? Medical journals launch rearguard defence
Three leading journals have launched a coordinated defence against Andrew Lansley's NHS reforms, despite widespread resignation to the idea that it may already be too late to stop it.
NHS reforms escape killer blow
The coalition's embattled NHS reforms appear to have narrowly avoided a sweeping condemnation from one of the medical community's biggest organisations.
PM won't abandon NHS reform 'challenge'
David Cameron has insisted he is "doing the right thing" in sticking with the coalition's NHS reforms in a turbulent prime minister's questions.
Lansley's reforms 'hindering NHS efficiency savings'
The government's embattled NHS reforms are hindering the ability of organisations to deliver efficiency savings, MPs have said.
MPs to dismiss NHS reform urgency
Andrew Lansley's reforms of the NHS are set for another mauling this week, as the Department for Health faces a critical report from MPs.
The final straw? Nurses turn back on NHS reforms
Two influential groups representing nurses and midwives have moved to oppose the government's NHS reforms outright, in another big setback for the coalition.
MPs demand booze guidelines rethink
Government alcohol guidelines should be revised to recommend two dry days every week, MPs have said.
Time for bed: Cameron promises the return of matron
The matron will once again be a key feature of British hospital wards under new plans being drawn up by the government, the prime minister will announce today.
Lansley hints at implant database as pressure builds for cosmetic surgery regulation
Andrew Lansley looked set to give in to demands for a mandatory database of cosmetic implants today, amid building concern about faulty breast enlargements.
Dead end for cosmetic surgery? Demand for regulation increases amid implants row
Pressure was building for the regulation of the cosmetic surgery industry today, amid continued concerns over low-grade silicon used in breast implants.
NHS 'let down by weak politicians'
NHS reforms risk distracting health service workers as they struggle to keep their head above water, the head of the NHS Confederation has warned.
New year's resolution? Cameron launches war on alcohol
Drinkers looking to cut down on their intake in the new year will receive some help from the government, after reports emerged of a 'big bang' plan to tackle alcohol consumption in England and Wales.
NHS patients to be offered unlicensed drug gamble
NHS patients could be given access to drugs which have not been fully developed under plans being unveiled by the government today.
Waiting time rule change comes to aid of 'lost' NHS patients
NHS hospitals which let patients slip through the 18-week waiting time net are to be tackled by new measures to be unveiled later.
A failure of evidence: Researchers tear up Lansley's white paper
Many of the proposals in a recent white paper on health are likely to be totally ineffective, researchers have found.
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