It's difficult not to warm to John Prescott. As part of a Labour Government that lived from headline to headline, he added a dash of authenticity. He may have been oafish, but he was reassuringly human. Prescott is trying to fabricate a row out of my interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News, in which I warned Americans against adopting a socialist healthcare system along British lines. You can...

There are three Ps in this particular odd pod: John Prescott, Sarah Palin and Parody. If you want to add a fourth P, then that's Politics, of course - and politicians' own, stumbling notion of why stereotypical voters jump to attention. Turn on Prescott: the Class System and Me tonight and see for yourself. John P would be a dream candidate over the pond: a Rocky from the wrong side of t...

This article reports on how the NHS works better than the US system by looking at a couple of individual cases of childhood leukemia - one here and one in the US.

While we’re talking about healthcare in various countries, here’s the greatest experiment yet in moving from a public to a private system. It failed. Over the past few decades of economic reform, the Chinese healthcare system has witnessed a dramatic...

NHS hit squads will swoop on hospitals where unusually high rates of death, infection and botched operations appear to be harming or killing patients. As the first healthcare system in the world to operate such a system, investigators from the Healthcare Commission, the NHS watchdog for England, will monitor hospitals using official data and 'soft intelligence' from complainants and whis...

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has ordered a healthcare intelligence system from Ardentia to provide staff and commissioners with key information to effectively manage healthcare provision.

John Prescott today expressed regret for saying that he didn't like Cherie Blair. The former deputy prime minister made his comments while making a BBC documentary about the class system, to be broadcast tonight The programme includes footage of Prescott speaking to three young women about class, one of whom asks Prescott if he liked his former boss, Tony Blair. Prescott confirms he liked the...

In an email this morning, David Cameron told me (and thousands of others registered for the Conservative conference) that he is proud of the NHS.  Me too.  Call it Orwellian if you like, but equitable access to healthcare is a pretty good thing. But who has the best healthcare system, the USA or the UK?  Answer - neither.  While total spending on health is very different - 9% o...

The Netherlands' healthcare system was this week rated the best in Europe by the annual Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI). Experts believe it could serve as a model for US healthcare reform.

NHS managers are abusing the system by making patients wait longer for treatment, the health secretary says.