The NHS Information Centre for health and social care - Information on uses of the Mental Health Act (and other relevant legislation) in NHS hospitals, including psychiatric hospitals, and independent hospitals.

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...

Even The Independent now recognises that the NHS needs "wholesale restructuring and the development of new ways to fund the Health Service". The Party has taken the strategic decision to stay behind the curve on this. But there's a limit...

Doctors' chief says England must follow Scots lead on NHS funding Published Date: 08 July 2008 By LYNDSAY MOSS HEALTH CORRESPONDENT ENGLAND must follow Scotland in the way it funds health services, by shunning the private sector and not forcing competition into the NHS, the leader of the UK's doctors said yesterday. Dr Hamish Meldrum, the chairman of the British

The NHS Information Centre for health and social care - Annual survey on patients` written complaints about the services or treatment they got from the NHS.

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 NHS in England is set to run up a substantial surplus, for the second year running. Public health campaigners say it represents a fantastic opportunity for the health service to invest in innovative services to improve health. November 2008-the NHS has returned to financial balance, delivering a surplus of £510 million in 2006/07, and is on course to achieve a surplus in 2007/08.' June 200...

An independent investigation was launched by the government yesterday to find out why so many people have trouble finding an NHS dentist prepared to take them on. The move, announced by the health secretary, Alan Johnson, is an admission that government reforms by themselves will not improve the situation. Some areas now had better access to NHS dentistry, the Department of Health said, but others...

Commenting on today’s ONS statistics which reveal the most deprived parts of England have lower survival rates for cancer, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, Norman Lamb said: "The health inequalities that scar the NHS are totally unacceptable. "In the last decade, ministers have achieved little more than broken promises on reducing health inequality. Too much vital investment has bee...

An NHS mental health trust has been put up for takeover after regional managers decided it could not break free from Whitehall control without new management. The strategic health authority (SHA) for the east of England yesterday invited bids from NHS organisations interested in "acquiring" Bedfordshire and Luton mental health and social care partnership trust (BLPT). It said private sector compan...