British Nhs

NHS 111 Telephone Service Must Be Strengthened, Not Attacked

Rachel Carrell | Posted 08.05.2013 | UK
Rachel Carrell

If the NHS is going to survive for the next generation, it simply must evolve new models of provision. NHS 111 is moving in exactly the right direction. In fact, it should be going further. It is just a shame it was sent off prematurely, an unfinished car with a new driver on a half-built road.

Prescription Charges To Increase By 20p

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 01.05.2013 | UK

Prescription charges in England will rise 20p to £7.85 from April 1 under changes announced by ministers. Health Minister Earl Howe said NHS denta...

Three Hospitals To End Child Heart Surgery

PA | Posted 03.09.2012 | UK

Hospitals in Leicester, Leeds and the Royal Brompton in London are to stop performing heart surgery on children, it was announced on Wednesday. In ...

Ken: I Go For Private Check-ups

Posted 19.04.2012 | UK Politics

Ken Livingstone has admitted he uses private healthcare after a Labour MP described him as "tired out". A spokesman for the Labour Mayoral candida...

Benefit Charges Simply Don't Suit a Country Like Britain

Phil Shanks | Posted 04.03.2012 | UK Politics
Phil Shanks

As 2011 gave way to a new year it seems the fireworks also reignited the debate on the cost of care provided by local authorities, and the issue of who pays.

NHS Workers Show the Value of Keeping Health Care Options Open

Tony Lobl | Posted 09.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Tony Lobl

Mainstream, traditional, conventional and orthodox - all words which, when applied to medicine, suggest a must-have of hospitals, pills, uniformed nur...

Woman Suspected Of Posing As Nurse After Four Years In GP Surgery

Posted 06.11.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Detectives have arrested a woman suspected of treating hundreds of patients by posing as a registered nurse for four years withou...

Giving the Health Service an Essential Uplift

Rita Pal | Posted 17.09.2011 | UK
Rita Pal

The important thing to understand is that responding to cardiac arrests in the middle of the night is often a dangerous task for doctors.

Our National Health Service in Peril

Dave Prentis | Posted 11.09.2011 | UK Politics
Dave Prentis

Over the lifetime of the Labour Government, huge investment has transformed the NHS, cutting waiting lists and times, and equipping it with staff and resources fit for the 21st century. I believe it would be a criminal dereliction of duty if the present government threw all that away for the sake of narrow political dogma.