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London has too many baby care units, says ex-NHS chief

01.09.11
Baby care units in London should be closed to help improve the NHS, one of its former chief executives says... more

NHS's bill for damages tops £1.2bn - half of it for maternity unit blunders

13.07.11
NHS payouts for medical blunders have reached £1.2billion over the past two years, new figures reveal... more

Anger at hospital 'attack' by nurses chief

17.06.11
NHS campaigners have attacked the nurses' leader for saying the country's worst-performing hospitals should be dismantled ... more

Hospital cuts prompt bid to unseat health minister

27.04.11
Health minister Paul Burstow is facing a ballot box challenge from campaigners over cuts at his local hospital... more

Patients 'to lose out in shake-up of NHS trusts'

10.03.11
Three million patients in London risk losing vital hospital services as NHS trusts struggle to cope financially ... more

Minister accused of 'hypocrisy' over care home closure

02.03.11
Health minister branded 'a hypocrite' as care homes in his constituency face the axe after he vowed the cuts would not happen ... more

Zac Goldsmith accused of breaking pledge to quit over hospital cuts

18.02.11
Tory MP Zac Goldsmith backs cuts at a hospital serving his London constituency - despite pledging before the election that he would resign over axed services... more

Top cancer hospital is accused of confusing patients about disease

16.02.11
One of the world's leading cancer hospitals has been rated as one of the worst at communicating with patients about their condition... more

£200m cancer centre has an entire floor left empty

23.09.10
Hospital undergoing the NHS’s most expensive rebuild says an entire floor is empty because there are not enough patients to fill it... more

Lone paramedics to be sent to 999 calls without ambulances

20.09.10
Lone paramedics are to be sent without an ambulance to the 'vast majority' of 999 calls... more

Blackout hospital 'would not pay to fix back-up generators'

07.04.10
London hospital was accused of 'cutting corners' after a power cut forced it to close its A&E department... more

Hospital closes A&E ward

22.12.09
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Doctors' pay row delays swine flu jabs for under fives

11.12.09
Tens of thousands of children face delays getting the 'life-saving' swine flu vaccine after a row over doctors' pay... more

Budget cuts force NHS to abandon new polyclinic after spending £3 million

09.10.09
NHS abandons building projects in the face of budget cuts, the Evening Standard has learned... more

NHS launches 'recession helpline' for callers to get money stress off their chests

26.08.09
NHS sets up a 'stress-busting' phone line for people worried about money during the credit crunch... more

Gun and car crash victims face long ambulance ride to new trauma units

20.07.09
Four 'super' accident and emergency units designed to treat gun crime and car crash victims in London are to be given the green light... more

Hundreds of patients get liposuction on NHS

19.06.09
Hundreds of patients have had free liposuction at NHS hospitals across London, figures reveal... more

Hospital services at risk as millions cut from budgets

13.05.09
Tens of millions of pounds are being cut from London hospital budgets in the first sign of sweeping reductions in public spending... more

Hospital saved by 'people power'

09.03.09
An important commuter-belt hospital is to survive after 10 years of uncertainty over its future... more

Schizophrenia patients to be treated at home as hospital beds are axed

17.02.09
London's top psychiatric hospital is getting rid of beds to cut costs, it was revealed... more

Patients shun the worst hospitals

18.11.08
Patients in London are refusing to be treated in the worst hospitals, figures reveal... more

£45 hospital parking charge deters heart patient from therapy

05.11.08
Patients are cancelling vital appointments because of "exorbitant" hospital parking charges... more

NHS branded a repeat offender over loss of staff data in the post

16.09.08
The NHS was criticised after the personal details of 18,000 workers in London were lost in the post... more

NHS trusts 'wasting £50m on consultants'

29.08.08
Campaigners say up to £50million a year is being wasted on "pen pushers" after the scale of NHS cash which is being spent on expensive management consultants was revealed... more

IT blunders at NHS cause dangerous delays

11.08.08
Patients have missed operations and urgent consultations because of a botched NHS computer system, documents reveal... more

NHS trust 'making fast buck in parking fines'

05.08.08
Health service bosses have been accused of "exploitation" after visitors and staff were forced to pay thousands of pounds in parking fines... more

No charges over C.diff outbreak that killed 90

30.07.08
Hospital bosses will not be charged over Britain's worst superbug outbreak which led to the deaths of 90 patients... more

3,200 patients a day miss hospital appointments

25.06.08
Patients missed more than 1.1 million appointments at London hospitals in the past year, figures show... more

Hospital trust fails to meet 'deep clean' target on bugs

31.03.08
A hospital trust slammed for poor hygiene has failed to meet the Government's "deep clean" target... more

Only 3,500 give views on massive NHS shake-up

11.03.08
Only 3,500 Londoners have responded to a £1 million government consultation on NHS reforms... more

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