Money will follow the patient. Trusts will be paid on results. Hospitals that treat more patients will receive more money. GP-led commissioning bodies will be able to scrap deals with local NHS care...
Proposals to set up independent inspectorates for health and social care should result in a less politicised NHS that is freed from Whitehall control, the King's Fund said this week.
The health secretary has warned nurses that the salary increases expected following the restructuring of the NHS pay system will 'not be a something-for-nothing arrangement'.
The Department of Health will propose a 'fundamental' reform of the NHS clinical negligence system after it was revealed that the English health service had to set aside £4.4bn to cover claims during...
London Mayor Ken Livingstone's imminent new transport powers will come under increasing internal scrutiny following a fundamental reorganisation of the Greater London Authority's independent...
Public services are to receive an extra £4bn in 2003/04, with over half allocated to the health service, Chancellor Gordon Brown announced in this week's Budget.
NHS managers dazzled by this week's £40bn Budget boost called on the government to trust them to improve the health service. But they warned ministers not to expect instant results.
Backbench Labour MPs this week raised fears that NHS trusts were unnecessarily selling off millions of pounds worth of property and land to inject much-needed cash into hospital services.
The Department of Health is to review the national breast cancer screening programme following a report that highlighted 'unacceptable and avoidable' failures in one London screening service.
The Local Government Association and the NHS Confederation have joined forces to press Chancellor Gordon Brown over what they claim is a £1bn gap in social services provision.
The Liberal Democrats pledged to create a 'world-class NHS' with more investment than ever before when they unveiled their alternative Budget on April 8.
The Treasury has sparked a 'beauty contest' between NHS watchdogs after it suggested that their functions may be merged into a new health service regulator.
Local government minister Nick Raynsford this week announced the latest batch of councils to be awarded Beacon status for their excellence in delivering public services.
Some of the most disadvantaged people in society are missing out on disability benefits because of delays and mistakes in medical assessments, MPs have discovered.
The chancellor should 'take to heart' figures showing the English health service can improve if given sufficient funding, the NHS Confederation said this week.
Debts of up to £500m inherited by English primary care trusts should be written off by the government, an influential group of NHS professionals has said.
London's primary care trusts must forge effective partnerships with their local authorities if they are to improve public health in the capital, the King's Fund said.
Politicians must 'be brave' and admit that decentralisation of decision-making in the NHS could lead to further accusations of a postcode lottery of care, health minister Hazel Blears was warned.
Unison leaders will meet next week to discuss government plans to ensure ancillary workers in privately financed hospitals continue to be employed by the NHS.
Chancellor Gordon Brown this week prepared the ground for his widely anticipated tax rises to pay for the NHS, but warned that any spending commitments must be matched by rapid improvements in...
Charles Kennedy is attempting to forge closer ties with the trade unions and exploit widespread disenchantment with the government's management of public services.
Health Secretary Alan Milburn has signalled a significant increase in social services spending in this summer's Spending Review but insisted it will be allied to 'radical' reforms, including the de...
