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Jimmy Savile inquiry extends to 41 hospitals

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt says another nine hospitals have launched investigations into abuse claims since June

Published: 6 Nov 2014

Jimmy Savile inquiry extends to 41 hospitals
China to build Ebola hospital in Liberia

Government announces plan to send 1,000 aid workers to Africa and action to construct 100-bed medical centre in 30 days

Published: 6 Nov 2014

China to build Ebola hospital in Liberia
Woman tests negative for Ebola in south London hospital

Ebola safety process triggered at St George’s hospital, Tooting, after arrival of unwell woman who had recently been in west Africa

Published: 3 Nov 2014

Woman tests negative for Ebola in south London hospital

- ‘Devastating impact’ of NHS blunders revealed in ombudsman’s report
  
  Investigations reveal mistakes including incorrect discharges and failings in diagnosis of cancer
  
  Published: 29 Oct 2014
  
  ‘Devastating impact’ of NHS blunders revealed in ombudsman’s report
- The UK’s hospitals need a Premier Inn upgrade
  
  Mary Dejevsky: We demand better privacy and comfort these days – but while mid-range hotels have reacted, hospitals and care homes are stuck in the past
  
  Published: 26 Oct 2014
  
  The UK’s hospitals need a Premier Inn upgrade
- Cartoon NHS reforms: the man in the white coat
  
  Chris Riddell on Jeremy Hunt's health service cuts
  
  Published: 25 Oct 2014
  
  NHS reforms: the man in the white coat
- Three stories of how digital payments are changing healthcare delivery
  
  Esha Chabra covers projects from Pakistan to Tanzania that are showing how mobile money is facilitating both access to finance and to healthcare
  
  Published: 24 Oct 2014
  
  Three stories of how digital payments are changing healthcare delivery
- The NHS has 'a really bright future', says Jeremy Hunt - video
  
  The health secretary says a report that describes a mismatch between the resources and needs of the NHS of almost £30bn a year sends 'a rather optimistic' message
  
  Published: 23 Oct 2014
  
  The NHS has 'a really bright future', says Jeremy Hunt - video
- Family calls for investigation into cataract surgery complications
  
  Son of man now almost blind in one eye says hospital’s inquiry into private provider Vanguard Healthcare is ‘conflict of interest’
  
  Published: 23 Oct 2014
  
  Family calls for investigation into cataract surgery complications

- The NHS calls for an extra £8bn by 2020 in order to safeguard its services
  
  Shakeup at heart of overhaul aiming to ease pressure on hospitals and GP practices and give patients better care
  
  Published: 22 Oct 2014
  
  The NHS calls for an extra £8bn by 2020 in order to safeguard its services
- NHS staff shortages pose risk to patients, warns watchdog
  
  CQC report identifies lapses in safety, patients having to wait on trolleys in corridors and chronic bed shortages as major issues
  
  Published: 16 Oct 2014
  
  NHS staff shortages pose risk to patients, warns watchdog
- NHS trust apologises to 1,200 cancer patients over mistreatment
  
  Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust wrote to patients after clinical review found that 27 people were harmed by treatment
  
  Published: 16 Oct 2014
  
  NHS trust apologises to 1,200 cancer patients over mistreatment
- Leaked report into cataract surgery revealed
  
  Complications at Musgrove Park hospital in Taunton were 10 times the number that might have been expected
  
  Published: 16 Oct 2014
  
  Leaked report into cataract surgery revealed
- Mistakes cost NHS up to £2.5bn a year, says health secretary Jeremy Hunt
  
  Minister to tell NHS hospital trust bosses that unprecedented financial challenge is no reason not to improve safety
  
  Published: 15 Oct 2014
  
  Mistakes cost NHS up to £2.5bn a year, says health secretary Jeremy Hunt
- Paris Val-de-Grâce hospital of the elite to close under spending cuts
  
  Famous military establishment used by presidents and VIPs since the French Revolution reorganised into other hospitals
  
  Published: 15 Oct 2014
  
  Paris Val-de-Grâce hospital of the elite to close under spending cuts

- Parents’ long wait for truth on baby’s death may be over
  
  Historic complaints such as that of Anne and Graeme Dixon’s fight to find out what happened to their daughter are to be investigated after review of health ombudsman
  
  Published: 14 Oct 2014
  
  Parents’ long wait for truth on baby’s death may be over
- Why are NHS staff striking?
  
  NHS staff in England and Northern Ireland will stop work for four hours on Monday in first strike over pay in 32 years
  
  Published: 13 Oct 2014
  
  Why are NHS staff striking?
- Analysis Challenge of keeping frontline Ebola healthcare workers alive
  
  Better conditions for health workers in Africa are vital, so it is inexcusable counterparts in Spain and Texas contracted virus
  
  Published: 12 Oct 2014
  
  Challenge of keeping frontline Ebola healthcare workers alive
- The new healthcare: spiritual counseling to keep hospital bills lower
  
  As a chaplain who provides care to patients, much of my work is not about religion so much as saving patients’ lives – and savings
  
  Published: 12 Oct 2014
  
  The new healthcare: spiritual counseling to keep hospital bills lower
- Australian mental health services too focused on acute care, experts warn
  
  Services aren’t reaching where they are most needed and investment in community services is shrinking, three top mental health experts claim
  
  Published: 10 Oct 2014
  
  Australian mental health services too focused on acute care, experts warn

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