Confidence building? Hunt says NHS ‘dotted’ with failures
Shocking levels of care seen at Stafford hospital still exist in pockets “dotted” across the NHS, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
Govt starts a new DNA database
Up to one hundred thousand NHS cancer & serious disease patients are to have their DNA codes sequenced under government plans to be announced later today.
Nurses ‘must focus on compassion’
The nursing profession needs to show more compassion to patients in order to provide better care, according to the chief nursing officer.
Quarter of social care services understaffed
Twenty-three per cent of care homes do not have adequate staffing levels, according to a report published today.
Everything you need to know about the Tory paedophile scandal in five minutes
Where did the accusations of a Tory child sex abuser come from? Who is the paedophile supposed to be? What happened in the care homes of north Wales? Why did the Waterhouse inquiry not get the answers? What is Tom Watson;s role in all this? And will we ever bring these criminals to justice?
24,000 deaths: The cost of poor diabetes treatment
Twenty-four- thousand people die prematurely each year because their diabetes has not been managed properly according to an influential committee of MPs.
Ed Miliband mental health speech in full
Read Ed Miliband’s full speech on mental health reform in the NHS
Jeremy Hunt speech in full
Read the full speech by health secretary Jeremy Hunt to the Conservative party conference
Comment: Stoptober – the first government backed mass-quit attempt
Thousands of people are attempting to have an NHS backed smoke free month in October, but will it work?
You have been warned: NHS chiefs fear 2013 ‘turning point’
The NHS could begin to suffer serious reverses from next year as financial pressures set in, a leading health think-tank has warned.
