A maximum waiting time of 12 weeks for hospital treatment will be guaranteed under new legislation being announced.

Patients with mental health problems will be forced to undergo treatment or be returned to hospital by health practitioners.

The BBC reports that the European Court of Justice’s Advocate General Paolo Mengozzi has said that patients who receive hospital treatment in another EU member state should be fully reimbursed by their home country. Mr.Mengozzi made the comments in reference to a case involving a resident of Spain, who had unplanned hospital treatment in France and is pressing for Spain to reimburse him.

David Cameron has pledged that under a Conservative government patients going into hospital for an operation or a course of treatment would be able to choose an individual named consultant A Conservative government would give patients the right to choose an individual named consultant for an operation or course of hospital treatment, David Cameron said today. Under current NHS rules in England, pa...

From today, England is the only country in the United Kingdom where cancer patients are charged to park their cars while receiving hospital treatment.

The 100th hospital scheme to be built under the biggest hospital building programme in the history of the NHS - St Helens Hospital in Merseyside - has admitted its first patients. So far 131 hospitals have been built or are under construction as part of the scheme at a cost of £12 billion. Secretary of

Fewer patients paid out of their own pocket for private hospital treatment last year as NHS waiting times fell and the economy began to falter

Patients are increasingly choosing where they seek NHS treatment threatening poorly performing hoptial units with closure figures show today.

The Care Quality Commission has published the first 12 results of 100 unannounced hospital inspections. Three failed to meet legal standards for giving patients enough food and drink and treating them in a dignified way. There were serious concerns in another three. That makes six out of the twelve. The details are here and here. It is inconceivable that a competent management would not have known...

Patients will travel for the best hospital treatment and accept major NHS changes if it improves care, a body representing health boards claims.