There has been a degree of disquiet about publishing mortality rates. Supporters hoped this would lead to greater transparency, quality and patient choice - but has reality matched expectations? Daloni Carlisle reports
The General Medical Council has stood for high professionalism for 150 years but exposures of malpractice suggest it must push on with its modernisation to regain public and professional confidence
Last October Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust was the subject of sensational headlines over deadly superbug outbreaks. A year on, under a new chief executive, it is being transformed from ward to board
For three years the NHS Institute has been improving services by helping trusts innovate. Now, says its chief executive, it relishes the challenge of expanding its role without diluting its benefits.
The NHS Information Centre's range of products and services are all intended to support better clinical practice. The National Diabetes Audit proved invaluable in Salford, Greater Manchester. Dr Bob Young, consultant diabetologist at the city's Hope Hospital, said the audit highlighted a much smaller number of people than expected in the area were being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
The NHS Information Centre has a wide range of products and services designed to support commissioners.
The NHS Information Centre's prescribing support unit produces data that allows the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to review current patterns of care; to estimate the potential cost of recommendations; and to monitor the implementation of their guidance.
Diabetes is on the rise and is estimated to be responsible for more than one in 10 deaths in England - so why are more GPs not detecting and monitoring it, asks Emma Dent
Despite signs the NHS is now taking leadership development seriously in the wake of the next stage review, SHAs will have to challenge current thinking if they are to create a cultural change
As people with HIV/AIDS live longer, services must adapt to meet the needs of more patients and the first generation of HIV-positive pensioners. Emma Dent reports
Could the death toll have been lowered by offering nicotine replacement therapy on the NHS earlier? Emma Baines looks through the policy history of smoking cessation
