West London Mental Health NHS Trust (WLMHT) has made significant improvements in risk management to protect patient safety, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said in a report published today (7 July)

This week (week ending 21st August) there has been a further reduction in the rates of flu-like illness and related activity. Weekly GP consultation rates continued to decrease over the last week in England. The majority of cases continue to be mild. There is no sign that the virus is changing

Macmillan Cancer support has urged the government to make changes to Welfare Reform Bill (June 15th)

The RCN has set out what patients, families and carers can expect from nursing staff

Commenting on figures showing NHS spend on management consultants, NHS Confederation chief executive Nigel Edwards said that all spending....

A recent survey claims that local councils in England will provide care homes with on average just 0.5 per cent more funding than last year – despite care home costs rising by an estimated 2.1 per cent

Andrew Lansley has condemned Labour's failure to tackle hospital infections after official statistics revealed that there were 5,931 deaths from C. difficile and 1,230 deaths from MRSA in England and Wales in 2008

Experts are worried about a generation gap in blood donors as figures show a 20% drop in the number of young people giving blood during the past decade (June 14th)

The Rarer Cancers Foundation (RCF) has published its recommendations for implementing the Cancer Drugs Fund through the NHS

Patients will be offered more choice and control over their healthcare with the launch of the first direct payment scheme, Care Services Minister Paul Burstow announced today