Northern Ireland’s health and social care system – integrated since 1973 – is set for major reform.  Simon Hamilton, the minister for health, social services and public safety, has announced.. read more

Northern Ireland’s health and social care system – integrated since 1973 – is set for major reform. Simon Hamilton, the minister for health, social services and public safety, has announced.. read more

It was inevitable that the NHS would be a key ‘battle ground’ in the General Election – or “weaponised”, as Labour leader Ed Milliband put it. NHS England chief executive.. read more

Handing over health commissioning to GPs in place of PCTs is a big step, which cannot be achieved in one ‘big bang’, the Department of Health has recognised. Rather, the.. read more

Attempts at reforming and improving the NHS became one of the defining and persistent challenges of the last Labour government – despite it doubling funding in real terms.  While major.. read more

The NHS Confederation – the membership body of NHS bodies – is having a busy year and the next few months are set to get even more hectic. It is.. read more

  Foundation trusts are now five years old. In their first year, just 10 of the best performing NHS trusts converted to foundation status. Now there are 117 foundation trusts:.. read more

  There were fears that the NHS could have been one of the main losers from the near collapse of the Private Finance Initiative. Over the last 12 years, some.. read more

  A principle of the NHS is that all patients are treated equally. But should that principle extend to effectively banning patients from buying treatments that may prolong their life,.. read more

From a distance by Paul Gosling   Private sector healthcare providers have responded with their feet to delays and confusion over phase two of the Independent Sector Treatment Centres programme… read more

Three mental health trusts are at the forefront of a push to obtain foundation trust status. Paul Gosling discovers what others can learn from their experiences.