NHS reform and cuts: special report

In a letter rejecting the BMA’s “blanket opposition” to the new health and social care bill, senior doctors say the NHS will be in “peril” if government health reforms are derailed.

The number of people dying from heart attacks has halved in just eight years, a study finds. But one cardiologist tells Channel 4 News there is far more work to be done to reduce the death rate.

NHS managers are “salami-slicing” services as they struggle to cut costs at the same time as the government presses for reform, MPs warn, as a top NHS figure tells Channel 4 News of “financial chaos”.

Plans to reform the NHS in England are set to be heavily criticised by an influential cross-party group of MPs but the health minister tells Channel 4 News the NHS “has to evolve”.

A third baby dies after an outbreak of a deadly infection at a hospital maternity ward.

Nurses and midwives have withdrawn all support for the Government’s health bill. But as the row over future reforms rumbles on, what’s the impact of all this uncertainty on the NHS today?

Prime Minister David Cameron says: “We need to focus on nurses”, as he unveils a new plan to improve hospital care. But Unison warns job losses are leading to a collapse in morale among staff.

An increasing reliance by ambulance trusts on fast-response cars means some ambulances are taking longer to reach seriously ill patients, Channel 4 News has found.

Hospitals need to “significantly improve” the way they deliver care to people with dementia by improving communication and personal care, according to a new report.

A group of NHS workers say it is still “too dangerous” for medical and non-medical staff to raise concerns, writes Health and Social Care Correspondent Victoria Macdonald.

New guidelines by a health watchdog says women should be allowed to have their baby by caesarean section, even if they have no medical or mental health reason for wanting the operation.

Nearly half a million older people receive care in their own homes paid for by the local authority. But Channel 4 News has seen evidence the system is struggling to cope.

Exclusive: GPs say they have firm evidence now that the government is planning to privatise the National Health Service as part of its reforms.

A report from the Royal College of Nursing warning of a staffing crisis at the NHS is dismissed by health secretary Andrew Lansley as “scaremongering”.