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London hospitals face financial meltdown

13.10.11
The care of millions of patients could be at risk after it emerged that several London hospitals are struggling to cope financially... 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

Two London health trusts are to axe almost 300 front line staff

17.05.11
Almost 300 NHS posts including those of doctors and nurses will be lost at two hospital trusts in London... more

London hospital patients denied crucial blood clot screening

11.05.11
More than 100,000 London hospital patients were denied potentially life-saving blood clot screening last year... more

Iain Duncan Smith warns David Cameron against plan to close hospital

07.04.11
Cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith today warned David Cameron against closures at a London hospital as the revolt over NHS reforms escalated... more

Hospitals still break rules on mixed wards

21.01.11
Hundreds of patients are being treated on mixed-sex wards in London in breach of NHS guidance... more

London faces 'cuts to NHS care of £670 a head'

08.02.10
Londoners face the heaviest health cuts in the country of £673 per head, lobby group Health Emergency warns... more

Thug who killed Jermain Defoe's brother with one punch faces jail

04.02.10
A man who killed the half-brother of England footballer Jermain Defoe with a single punch faces jail after being found guilty of manslaughter... more

Half-brother of Tottenham star Jermain Defoe 'killed by a single punch'

26.01.10
Half-brother of England footballer Jermain Defoe was killed by a single punch to the face in a street argument, Old Bailey hears... more

One in 10 London paramedics attacked

18.11.09
Almost 10 per cent of paramedics have been assaulted while on duty in London, new figures show... more

Auditors name seven 'failing' hospital trusts

01.10.09
Seven hospital trusts in London have been highlighted by auditors as failing to keep control of their finances... more

Stunt rider's heart stitched together after 60mph crash

07.09.09
The family of a teenage stunt rider have told how surgeons stitched his heart back together to save his life... more

Pregnant woman has to be flown to Sweden

24.07.09
A pregnant woman critically ill with swine flu is being treated in a Swedish hospital because no beds are available in Britain for her rare treatment... more

EXCLUSIVE: Swine flu mother has baby then dies

17.07.09
Pregnant woman seriously ill with swine flu gave birth to her baby before dying, the Standard can reveal... more

Twelve hospitals to miss foundation trust deadline

16.02.09
Half of London's hospitals will miss a deadline that would allow them to become more financially independent, health bosses have revealed... more

London patients still face mixed-sex wards

09.01.09
Some of London's leading hospitals are still treating patients in mixed-sex wards despite a government crackdown, the Standard can reveal... more

London hospitals at 'high risk' of missing treatment deadlines

16.12.08
A key government pledge to reduce waiting times for hospital treatment is in disarray as London trusts struggle to meet targets... more

Twins arrive after mother is sent to four hospitals

15.12.08
A pregnant woman was ferried between four hospitals to give birth to premature twins, only to have them split up as soon as they were born... more

No hard feelings, says doctor held by Bangladesh parents

15.12.08
A London doctor freed by the courts after being held captive by her family in Bangladesh is due to arrive back in Britain... more

Fears for London doctor held by her family in marriage plot

08.12.08
Friends of a London doctor who has allegedly been held captive in Bangladesh under a forced marriage plot made an emotional appeal for her release... more

London has best and worst NHS cash managers

02.10.08
Health chiefs are putting patients' lives at risk by failing to manage NHS finances, it was revealed... more

Stab victim's family ask PM to act on knives

08.09.08
The family of murdered teenager Charles Junior Hendricks is writing to the Prime Minister demanding more action to clamp down on knife crime... more

eBay tells sellers to request ID in clampdown on knives

29.08.08
Internet auction site eBay has joined the fight against knife crime by making it more difficult to buy weapons... more

The singing nurse who fights gang violence

30.07.08
A nurse who has helped save the lives of countless teenage stabbing victims is starting a campaign to try to end gang violence... more

League table names and shames capital's dirty hospital kitchens

05.06.08
Hospital kitchens and canteens in London are among the most unhygienic in the country... more

The families who fought back against teen killers

30.05.08
The murder of Paul Erhahon might have gone unsolved but for a witness protection scheme that enabled brave youngsters to give evidence against the local thugs ... more

Hospitals with the worst records for superbug deaths

22.05.08
The London hospitals with the worst record for superbug deaths have been named... more

Ambulances in crashes four times every day

18.03.08
London ambulances are involved in an average of more than four accidents a day, figures show... more


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