NHS reform and cuts: special report

The records of 6,000 NHS patients are having to be reviewed after a private company admitted it had failed to make essential checks on their X-rays.

With the NHS bill receiving royal assent, a leaked document drawn up by senior civil servants warns that the government’s reforms could damage the health service.

Labour secures an emergency debate on the NHS bill – in a move that could further delay the passage of the legislation through parliament.

The price of parking in a hospital car park has increased at nearly a third of England’s NHS trusts, new figures reveal, with critics telling Channel 4 News the costs are “exorbitant” and “unfair”.

Doctors and nurses who raise concerns about standards of care in the NHS should be protected against punishment, according to a committee of MPs.

With the health bill debated in the Lords, the government tables further amendments in the hope of preventing a Liberal Democrat rebellion. What changes are being made?

As the Lords debate controversial NHS reforms, Channel 4 News Health and Social Care Correspondent Victoria Macdonald asks if there can be good competition and bad competition in the NHS?

Liberal Democrat peers seek to amend the government’s health bill, as the Royal College of Physicians considers balloting its members on the reforms.

Nick Clegg applauds his peers for making a series of last-minute amendments to his own government’s NHS reforms, as Social Care Correspondent Victoria Macdonald reports.

The British Medical Association will ballot its 130,000 members on industrial action of the government’s pension reforms – but has ruled out taking any strike action.

As tensions run high during a protest outside the NHS summit, the excluded parties tell Channel 4 News what they think the prime minister needs to hear.

Channel 4 News learns that a flagship PFI hospital in Wakefield is turning away patients arriving in ambulances because of a lack of capacity. North of England Correspondent Morland Sanders reports.

David Cameron’s defence of Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s position suffered a set back after the Liberal Democrat’s deputy leader demanded his removal.

A Conservative website says three Tory cabinet ministers have criticised the handling of the government’s NHS reforms, with one likening the situation to the poll tax.

The Royal College of Physicians agrees to a request by a group of its members to call an extraordinary general meeting to discuss the NHS bill, writes Victoria Macdonald.