NHS reform and cuts: special report

NHS frontline blog: “This is a phony revolution, driven not by patients or clinicians, but by business interests,” writes trauma surgeon Catherine Blake for Channel 4 News.

As the “biggest reform” in the history of the NHS takes shape, the chairman of the British Medical Association writes for Channel 4 News on the potential risks in the Government’s plans.

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley tells Jon Snow that the NHS reforms will not lead to services in some areas being better than others, but instead improve services and accountability nationally.

A radical NHS shake-up, which will cause 24,500 job losses, is called “patient-centred” by Andrew Lansley but the Patients Association tells Channel 4 News it is “not convinced” as cuts start to bite.

The Government’s reforms signal one of the biggest upheavals for the National Health Service since it was formed 60 years ago, writes Social Affairs Correspondent Victoria Macdonald.

As David Cameron turns out to support the NHS reforms, our Social Affairs Correspondent Victoria Macdonald looks at what difference they will make in your local health service.

A couple whose 3-year-old daughter died of swine flu over Christmas are campaigning for the Government to rethink its policy not to vaccinate children deemed not at risk, as Katie Razzall reports.

The Government has launched its new cancer strategy with a promise that it will save 5,000 lives a year. At the heart of the strategy is early diagnosis and detection, writes Victoria Macdonald.

The NHS has paid out nearly £200,000 in compensation to women who have become pregnant or been injured by a contraceptive implant that is growing in popularity, Channel 4 News reveals.

The Coalition Government is to press ahead with radical reforms of the National Health Service, which will see as much as 80 per cent of the budget in the hands of GPs, writes Victoria Macdonald.

As the Government pushes ahead with NHS reforms, Channel 4 News looks into where cuts are already being made as the NHS tries to achieve efficiency savings.

The Coalition Government is to press ahead with radical reforms of the National Health Service, which will see as much as 80 per cent of the budget in the hands of GPs, writes Victoria Macdonald.

A doctor who set up the first GP consortia tells Channel 4 News that medical professionals, PCTs and local authorities need a roadmap from the Government to guide them through its radical reforms.

Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and strategic health authorities will be abolished, as control of the NHS budget transfers to GPs. Hospitals will also be fined if they continue to use mixed-sex wards.