Personal budgets are to be rolled out to people with long-term health conditions, allowing them to take greater control of their treatment, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced yesterday.
The revised Health & Social Care Bill has made it through its third Commons reading. But many issues remain unresolved - not least the role of competition and price regulation in the NHS
The Care Quality Commission is not proposing any fee increases next year and has admitted it lacks both the data and business models to make any radical changes to its charging scheme in the near...
A test being developed by Cardiff scientists could save the NHS tens of millions of pounds annually in the costs of wound treatments, the Welsh Government has said.
Waiting times for people needing inpatient hospital treatment in England have increased after a long period of stability, the Care Quality Commission said yesterday.
The NHS will need to take ‘tough decisions’ in order to meet its efficiency targets, NHS chiefs have said, after warnings that some hospitals will have to close to balance budgets.
Away from the sound and fury of the controversial NHS changes, another revolution is quietly taking place – the transfer of public health to town halls. Noel Plumridge looks at what this will mean...
A former government drugs czar is calling for a new focus on treating alcohol addiction in prisons after finding that as many as one in six prisoners in the UK may be alcoholics.
Health trade unions have set up a new campaign group that will prepare for possible strike action in the NHS over the government’s planned changes to public sector pensions.
The body that led the consultation on the government’s controversial NHS reforms has been asked to undertake further work by the Department for Health.
The NHS made good progress in reducing its costs in 2010/11 but efficiencies could be harder to find in coming years, a report from the Audit Commission has found.
