Social care should be available to everyone just like the NHS, the president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services tells Vivienne Russell
The consolidation of three health and social care bodies into one super-regulator has ruffled feathers. But shadow chair Barbara Young insists the Care Quality Commission will put the focus back on...
Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust's financial management fell below minimum standards, according to the 2007/08 Auditors' Local Evaluation, exacerbating the trust's dire financial situation.
Lansley slates hospital rating system
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has slammed the Healthcare Commission's performance measurement system for hospitals, saying it didn't tell patients...
Northern Ireland is to follow Scotland and Wales in abolishing prescription charges. Health Minister Michael McGimpsey said that the cost would be reduced to £3 from January 2009 and abolished by...
Financial management in the NHS has improved significantly over the past year, with trusts staying within budgets and delivering greater value for money, the Audit Commission has said.
Northern Ireland's health service is making progress towards meeting targets for improving the population's health, according to auditor general John Dowdall.
David Cameron has made an audacious raid on New Labour territory by calling for greater social mobility. Ahead of next week's Conservative Party conference, David Walker examines the modern politics...
Next April's merger of the healthcare and care quality commissions will make confusion about the National Health Service's complaints system worse, a patients' watchdog has warned.
Young people under the age of 26 are to be offered free theatre tickets as part of a £2.5m government-funded scheme, it was announced on September 23. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport said...
NHS patients in Scotland are to be given a legal right to a maximum waiting time of 12 weeks for an operation under plans announced by health secretary Nicola Sturgeon.
With Lord Darzi's review pushing for greater integration of health and social care, the appointment of a joint finance director for Kingston's council and primary care trust is being closely watched
MPs from across the political divide have called for cross-party agreement on a policy of early intervention with children to tackle the 'inter-generational nature' of social problems
NHS Connecting for Health, the body that provides the health service with computer systems for storing patient information, has launched a consultation on the wider use of patient data
While the review on allowing NHS patients to pay 'top-ups' without jeopardising the right to free care gathers data, a debate on this emotive subject showed that opinion in the sector is polarised
