There is nothing more focusing of the mind than caring for a sick patient who arrives in your A&E. For those first few moments, standing by the bedside, you enter the patient zone, where everything outside it becomes a blur, writes Saleyha Ahsan.
On the back of the worst winter in a decade, NHS trusts in England have reported financial deficits twice as bad as anticipated.The number of GPs planning to leave the profession has risen to two in five. And senior doctors have today warned the government that the NHS needs an extra seven billion pounds a…
Existing health quangos Monitor and the Care Quality Commission, expanded under the Lansley reforms, have seen staff costs rise by £28m in the last year alone.
Gary Gibbon
NHS reforms may yet face further opposition in the House of Lords, reports Gary Gibbon
Gary Gibbon
Have Tory “red lines” been crossed by changes to NHS reforms in England? Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon looks behind the political scenes.
Gary Gibbon
Gary Gibbon looks at what might change in the Health Bill as a result of the political ructions.
Gary Gibbon
Nick Clegg gives an indication that the Government’s timetable on NHS reform may slip.
Gary Gibbon
Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs that he cannot remember a time when the Government last launched a consultation during a Bill’s progress through Parliament. It’s not a good sign for the NHS reforms, he says.