Politicians should hand over the day-to-day running of the NHS to an arm's length corporation, according to a report from the health think-tank, the King's Fund.
The 24-hour health service helpline NHS Direct has 'saved' up to £50m a year by reducing the pressure on GPs and casualty departments, the National Audit Office said this week.
Scottish health unions have called for an investigation into a possible link between poor hygiene practices in hospitals and the rapid spread of a stomach virus across Scottish wards.
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The NHS Confederation has welcomed the government's indication that it will establish a code of conduct to regulate health service managers and prevent scandals such as the recently revealed waiting-...
NHS managers gave a qualified welcome to this week's announcement giving greater independence to the best trusts but remained sceptical over Alan Milburn's masterplan for a brave new world in the...
Northern Ireland's ambulance workers held an emergency meeting this week to consider strike action in protest at continuing attacks after a brick was thrown into an ambulance, injuring two paramedics.
Nurses will feel 'sorely let down' by a pay rise that will give experienced staff nurses an extra £9 a week, according to the Royal College of Nursing.
The NHS has two years to regain public confidence or its principles of a tax-funded, equitable service may be lost for good, health minister Lord Hunt said last week.
The government's decision to give the English NHS fewer national targets and allow patients more choice over where they are treated has been welcomed by doctors and managers.
Increasing patient expectations will provide the greatest impetus for the NHS to improve, Neil McKay, NHS chief operations officer told the HFMA conference.
Gordon Brown has rejected suggestions that promised service improvements resulting from increased public spending are being thwarted by Whitehall's reluctance to spend the extra money.
Chancellor Gordon Brown's scenario for revitalised health spending including an instant £1bn boost was designed to bring certainty and clarity to the argument over funding.
Almost two-thirds of public sector organisations fear they will be unable to afford the next round of pay increases, according to Public Finance 's latest survey.
Jack McConnell's ruthless Cabinet reshuffle is a political gamble which could rebound on Scotland's new first minister if his inexperienced appointees fail to deliver, according to a leading...
Chancellor Gordon Brown propelled the debate on the future funding of the National Health Service to the top of the political agenda as he announced a £1bn boost in spending for next year in his pre-...
NHS managers are flocking to unions in the wake of growing concerns that they are being made unnecessary 'scapegoats' for failures in health, according to the FDA.
Social housing needs billions of pounds more in funding from 2003/04 onwards to tackle social regeneration and to provide 20,000 extra homes per year, the government was told this week.
Wendy Thomson, head of the Office for Public Service Reform in the Cabinet Office, has thrown her weight behind the idea of a genuine and extensive transfer of powers to local service deliverers, in...
