A Lancet article says there are problems with clinical trial data for alteplase, a frontline medicine given to up to 20 per cent of those suffering strokes in England every year.
Victoria Macdonald
It’s not often that I feel sorry for a politician. But today I do feel a wee bit sorry for former Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, whose dreams of being EU commissioner have been crushed.
Victoria Macdonald
A ground-breaking inquiry has been set up to look at what happens to vulnerable when they leave hospital – and its findings could prove startling.
Victoria Macdonald
The government could be facing a cross-party revolt on the care bill, which would give it greater powers to close or downgrade hospital services.
Victoria Macdonald
An unusually high number of reports on the care system in England are being released this week – all of them are urging a rethink of the way health and care are delivered.
Victoria Macdonald
Mid-Staffs NHS trust became a byword for neglectful, inhumane care. And with a trashed reputation, and an £11m deficit, turning it around is no longer an option.
Victoria Macdonald
Next month’s dementia summit is being described as a once in a lifetime opportunity to raise awareness of a condition which will affect one million people in the UK by 2020.
Victoria Macdonald
NHS director Professor Sir Bruce Keogh is due to release a report on urgent care, but with winter fast approaching for struggling A&E departments, what the NHS perhaps needs is radical solutions.
Victoria Macdonald
After years of disappointments and failures, scientists are again talking not just about vaccines but even a cure.
Victoria Macdonald
From April, GPs will become responsible for most of the NHS budget. What happens if family doctors want to refer patients to private firms in which they have a financial interest?
Victoria Macdonald
Sir David Nicholson, the chief executive of the NHS Commissioning Board, refuses to be filmed over questions over failing health care at Mid-Staffs NHS.
Victoria Macdonald
The Francis inquiry report into the scandal at Mid-Staffordshire Foundation Trust will soon be published – but will those held responsible be held to account?
Victoria Macdonald
The government publishes its plans for what everyone should expect from the NHS – Labour dismisses it as a “wish list”.
Victoria Macdonald
As the fight against skin cancer continues, a paif of newly approved drugs can offer hope where there was none before.
Victoria Macdonald
Sometimes it is simply impossible to persuade some smokers to quit, which is where the concept of harm reduction comes in.