NHS reform and cuts: special report

Ahead of a new report into what happened at scandal-hit Stafford Hospital, repeated denials by NHS bosses that they knew what was going on are cast into doubt by evidence shown to Channel 4 News.

Thousands of people with a devastating eye condition could be offered a potentially sight-saving treatment following a U-turn by Nice, the health watchdog.

Vulnerable people are at risk of receiving “poor or unsafe care” as pressures on care services take their toll, according to a new report by the Care Quality Commission.

The Royal College of Nursing says the NHS is “sleepwalking into a nursing crisis” as it predicts that more than 30,000 NHS jobs are at risk of being cut.

NHS hospitals are to be invited by the government to set up profit-making branches abroad to raise funds for patients at home and raise the international profile of the health service.

Struggling NHS trusts have received more than £1bn in bailout funds in the past six years, figures from the National Audit Office show.

From drug abuse to child obesity, new profiles released by the Department of Health show the disparity of health standards across England.

The government’s drugs adviser recommends that two cancer drugs should be made available on the NHS.

With an NHS trust in danger of going bust, Channel 4 News looks at how many other hospitals are struggling to cope with the debts they have to repay under the private finance initiative.

Doctors are taking industrial action for the first time in 40 years in a dispute with the government over changes to their pensions.

As doctors stage industrial action for the first time in 40 years, Channel 4 News asks if the move has lost them goodwill?

People are significantly less happy with the way the NHS is being run than they were a year ago as the spending squeeze tightens, according to a new poll.

For the first time NHS patients can assess how highly rated local GP surgeries are before choosing a family doctor.

Exclusive: an East Midlands patient has repeatedly been refused brain stimulation treatment for dystonia, a debilitating twitching disorder, despite it being available almost everywhere else.

Doctors will take industrial action on June 21 in the bitter row over the Government’s controversial pension reforms.