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Struggling NHS trusts could seal fate of MPs in new marginal seats

30.09.11
At least eight 'struggling' London hospital trusts could decide the 'outcome of seats at the next general election, it is claimed... more

New rules after 500 'avoidable' deaths in A&Es

22.09.11
London hospitals must meet new standards in emergency care after 500 patients admitted out-of-hours or at weekends died last year due to a lack of specialists on duty... more

Midwife shortage 'led to 17 deaths'

25.07.11
The deaths of 17 London women during childbirth since 2009 could have been prevented with better care, it is claimed... more

Fear for key hospital services as trusts run up £459 million debt

18.07.11
Hospitals in London are facing financial crisis after it emerges they have run up crippling bills of almost half a billion pounds... 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

Payouts to families for poor maternity care costs the NHS £41m each year

06.07.11
New fears are raised over the state of maternity care in London, as the NHS faces soaring numbers of complaints and crippling bills for negligence... more

Failing hospitals could be put into private hands

26.05.11
Failing hospitals in the capital face being privatised to improve patient care and reduce debt... more

Outrage as maternity centre at new hospital lies empty for months

24.05.11
A new hospital built in one of London's most deprived areas is almost entirely empty two months after work was completed... more

Babies at risk as health visitors struggle with huge caseloads

28.04.11
Babies and young children are being put in danger because health visitors in London are struggling to cope with the number of cases, it was claimed... more

Cancer patients in London rate their hospital care as worst in the country

21.04.11
Cancer patients in London have the worst experience of care during treatment than any where else in the country, research reveals... more

Capital loses £900m a year to obesity and bill is rising fast

14.04.11
Obesity is costing London nearly £900 million a year in treatment costs and loss of earnings, figures reveal... more

NHS - adorable, frightfully British and infuriating

05.04.11
Cameron and Clegg must have the courage of their convictions to reorganise the nation's health service... 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

Axe to fall on thousands of front-line NHS staff say cuts campaigners

23.02.11
More than 3,000 London NHS jobs will be axed, leading to the sacking of doctors, nurses and midwives ... more

Women in the capital have lowest rate for cancer tests

22.02.11
The proportion of women screened for breast cancer in London is the lowest in the country, according to new figures ... more

Top hospitals fail to carry out checks on patient safety

22.02.11
More patients are being put in danger in London than anywhere else in the country as NHS trusts fail to act on safety alerts... more

London A&E closure 'puts 500,000 lives at risk'

27.01.11
Half a million patients' lives will be put at risk by closures at a London hospital, MPs and campaigners warn... more

NHS reforms will put babies in danger, says midwives’ leader

19.01.11
Crisis facing maternity services in London is in danger of deepening under radical reforms announced today, Britain’s leading midwife warned... more

NHS to revive contract with clinic suspended over death of patient

06.01.11
A private health company banned from working for the NHS following the death of a patient is to reopen in 20 London boroughs... more

Mother dies of swine flu just days after giving birth to her first son

06.01.11
A mother taken to hospital with swine flu dies only days after giving birth to her second child... more

Funding fear sparks tuberculosis alert

16.12.10
The most virulent forms of tuberculosis could soar in London if funding for the disease is axed, experts warned today... more

Maternity and A&E units shut in London hospital

14.12.10
London hospital becomes the first to shut two of its busiest departments under the Coalition... more

Hundreds of public health jobs could be axed in London

07.12.10
Jobs of hundreds of London health workers who tackle smoking, obesity and excessive drinking could be under threat... more

A&E closure ‘will cost lives’ say protesters

25.11.10
Patients' lives will be lost because of the closure of a London hospital’s accident and emergency department, campaigners warn ... more

Patients are denied drugs despite £50m to end ‘lottery’

22.11.10
Cancer patients in London are being denied drugs available in other parts of the country... more

Salaries for suspended staff costing NHS £3 million a year

25.10.10
Hundreds of doctors, dentists and other NHS staff in London are being paid not to work, at a cost of up to £3million a year, figures reveal... more

NHS chief: We face crisis over long waits, superbugs and cash

14.10.10
London's NHS is in crisis over A&E waiting times, soaring infection rates for the MRSA superbug, and a huge budget deficit... more

Babies born in waiting room after hospital ran out of maternity beds

12.10.10
Women have been forced to give birth in a hospital waiting room because of a chronic shortage of beds, it was revealed... more

NHS calls on hundreds of health visitors to come back

12.10.10
NHS bosses today launched an appeal urging hundreds of former health visitors to return to the profession... more

NHS trust spends £1m to find out why wealthier people live longer

08.10.10
NHS bosses spent almost £1 million of taxpayers’ money on a study showing there are inequalities in London... more

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