I wonder if Wonko would object to me printing this letter? Dear Mr Burnham, I just listened to you talk about the English NHS for 5 minutes yet you didn't mention the word England or English once. You talked about "the NHS", "the health service" and "the country" but all the time you were talking about the English NHS, the English health service and England. You are an English Secretary of St...

The BBC reports: The government has confirmed it is planning to scrap the NHS Direct telephone service in England and replace it with a cheaper option. A new 111 helpline is already being piloted in the North East. It was previously reported that the new service may replace NHS Direct, but now the Department of

The NHS in Wales has been underfunded compared with the health service in England, the assembly government admits.

One of Britain's foremost analysts and commentators on our Health Service, Roy Lilley, warned of the disastrous consequences for Surrey's health service if the coalition's proposals go ahead. Lilley a former mayor of Camberley who describes himself as a left leaning Tory was speaking to Politicos Surrey Health's unique non party political discussion group on Friday in a panel i...

An excellent Editorial piece here from the Lancet of 15th November. No further comment is necessary. The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is one to be proud of: free care for all at the point of delivery. But a proposal last week by the Department of Health to allow NHS patients in England...

The NHS national IT system is "not fit" to provide the computer services needed by the health service in England, a government review has said.

The National Health Service will not be spared the efficiency savings which the Government will impose on the entire public sector, Health Secretary warns.

Health service managers have called on the government to be more honest with the public about the financial challenges facing the NHS in England.

Government plans to modernise the health service and give responsibility for much of the NHS budget to GPs could prove a make or break issue for the coalition.

WHEN NHS staff surveys were introduced by Susan Deacon, the then Health Minister, the idea was as a temperature check on the NHS that would identify any issues which deterred people from joining and remaining with the service.