All articles by BY LYN WHITFIELD
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NAO launches inquiry into crisis-hit blood service as chief gets the sack
The National Audit Office has launched an investigation into Britain's crisis-torn blood service.
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New approach to tackling Welsh health inequalities
The government has unveiled a 'new approach' to tackling some of the worst health problems in Europe in a widely applauded green paper.
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Auditors argue for housing focus to beat bed blocking
Emergency hospital admissions and bed blocking could be reduced if health authorities and local authorities tackled basic housing issues, a spending watchdog has argued.
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Dobson spends on 'rebuttal officer' as waiting lists soar
Health ministers have come under attack for spending thousands of pounds on a unit to defend government policy as waiting lists head for another record high.
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CHCs attack bids to remove chairs
Community health council leaders are calling for a review of rules amid fears that health officials are seeking to oust effective CHC chairs.
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Scots trusts told to open PFI plans to public scrutiny
Scottish trusts have been told to open up key private finance initiative documents to public scrutiny.
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Scotland warned over cash targets
Scottish health organisations have been warned against manipulating payments to meet cash targets by the head of the National Audit Office.
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Confidential memo brings secrecy out into the open
Managers have been told to implement a new policy of openness about private finance initiative projects - in a confidential memo to regional offices.
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HA halts service transfer after threat of legal action
A health authority has stopped the transfer of specialist children's surgery between two London hospitals following a threat of legal action.
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Joining health and social services 'not on agenda'
Integrated health and social services organisations are 'not on the current agenda', senior Department of Health officials have told MPs.
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Ministers told to stump up extra cash to 'save' Bart's
The Royal Hospitals trust is lobbying ministers to back their decision to 'save' St Bartholomew's Hospital with extra cash.
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Test blunders claimed eight women's lives, report reveals
The deaths of eight women have been linked to smear-test blunders by the cervical cytology screening service run by Kent and Canterbury Hospitals trust.
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Sing le-trust consultation process condemned by CHCs
Critics of plans to create a single ambulance trust in Wales have issued a declaration of no confidence in the consultation process, which ended this week.
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Welsh white paper outlines different GP structure plus role for Assembly
Health professionals last week cautiously welcomed the white paper on the future of the NHS in Wales, but cast doubt on government claims that it will save pounds50m.
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Hospital project is 'proof' of new co-operation in NHS
An agreement between a health board and two trusts to build a new children's hospital in Scotland was hailed last week as proof of a new climate of co-operation in the NHS.
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Welsh O f fice jumps gun over trust job adver ts
The Welsh Office has come under fire for advertising top posts in an all-Wales ambulance service trust before the end of public consultation on whether one should be set up.
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Government to target high-spending trusts in management costs drive
Trusts and health authorities with higher than average management costs will be targeted in the government's latest drive against 'NHS bureaucracy'.