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NHS chief: We face crisis over long waits, superbugs and cash NHS urged to explain ‘black hole’ in London finances

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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

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 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

NHS urged to explain ‘black hole’ in London finances

14.09.10
London assembly member calls on the NHS’s biggest health organisation to explain the “financial black hole” facing trusts and for clarity on how cuts will affect the capital... more

NHS London splashes out £114m on advisers

20.08.10
Health chiefs in London spent more than £100 million on management consultants last year, the Evening Standard has learned... more

Jobs at risk as London hospitals plan cuts of up to £450million

08.07.10
London hospitals are planning cuts of up to £450 million in a move that puts services and hundreds of jobs under threat, it was claimed... more

Barts trust could be split in deal to share burden of £1bn rebuild

27.05.10
Secret plan is being drawn up to rescue Barts and the Royal London from its unaffordable £1billion rebuild deal... more

Second NHS London chief quits in clash with Andrew Lansley

27.05.10
NHS in London was rocked by the resignation of at least two health chiefs as after execs clash with new Health Secretary Andrew Lansley... more

The Dispossessed: Our charter to end the scandal of baby graves

19.03.10
The Evening Standard demands an end to the practice of burying children and babies in mass paupers’ graves... more

Hospitals face losing A&E services in shake-up

30.11.09
Future of three north London hospitals under threat as part of a shake-up of health care... more

'Tesco Metro-style NHS will cut £5bn'

25.11.09
Hospitals should introduce 'Tesco Metro-style' services to avoid a £5billion funding crisis, London's health chief warn... more

59 consulting rooms, a gym and a café in the new super-surgery

29.04.09
This is the first glimpse inside London's flagship polyclinic - one of seven new super-surgeries... more

Get as fit as the athletes, walk up escalators escalator

24.03.09
A campaign to get Londoners fit before the 2012 Olympics has been launched... more

Hospital chief quits over 12-hour waits in casualty

05.02.09
A London hospital boss has quit in disgrace after patients were left for 12 hours in A&E... more

NHS boss demands action as A&E units miss waiting targets

21.01.09
The capital's A&E units are in crisis and are failing to meet government waiting time targets, it was revealed... more

Salute to our NHS heroes

12.12.08
The Evening Standard salutes the NHS heroes who go beyond the call of duty in providing exceptional care... more

NHS chief gets 5% pay rise... that's double what her nurses are given

04.12.08
The capital's top health chief has been awarded an inflation-busting pay rise of five per cent... more

Polyclinics 'will drain money from hospitals'

28.11.08
London hospitals face massive cash cuts as a result of sweeping changes to the health service, the Standard can reveal... more

Health

08.10.08
It’s an issue that can cloud the cheering fact that London is home to some of the most brilliant health care specialists in the world, leaders in their fields. ... more

4,000 new medical staff to boost London health

15.09.08
An extra 4,000 NHS nurses, paramedics and midwives are to be recruited to treat patients in the capital... more

First super-surgeries in London are named

10.09.08
The first polyclinics due to open in London have been revealed... more

A&E closure 'marks start of sweeping cuts'

05.09.08
A major London hospital will lose its A&E department after a landmark decision that could mark the beginning of sweeping cuts... more

Brown's relaunch scuppered by Labour disarray

30.06.08
Gordon Brown's attempts to revive his fortunes with a landmark overhaul of the National Health Service was overshadowed by new Labour disarray... more

NHS boss signals death of 'crappy' GP practices

27.06.08
London's health chief has declared war on single-handed GP practices, saying there is no future for doctors who run "crappy end-of-terrace" practices... more

Million protest as surgeries make way for the polyclinics

12.06.08
More than a million NHS patients are protesting against plans to merge GP surgeries to create huge "polyclinics"... more

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