The Guardian
NHS costs soar as GPs focus on health reforms
Family doctors 'too busy' setting up clinical commissioning groups, while locum surgeons costing almost £1m a year
News
Redditch Advertiser
NHS health bill is a “mess” says leading GP
A LEADING Redditch GP has called the controversial NHS health bill a “mess” and voiced serious concerns about its consequences.
BBC News London
London NHS Trust urges maternity and A&E units closure
A London health trust has said closing a maternity unit and an Accident and Emergency at one of its four hospitals will improve services.
The Guardian
Why I quit the Liberal Democrats over NHS reforms
A U-turn is always preferable to driving over a cliff. Forcing top-down change on an already struggling NHS is irresponsible...
The Guardian
NHS bill: Royal College of Physicians surveys members over reforms
Haverhill Echo
e-petition against Health Centre closure in Haverhill
NHS Suffolk wants to close the centre as it says it has not cut the number of people going to A&E and costs £1.2 million a year to run.
Fulham & Hammersmith Chronicle
NHS moves to downplay hospital closure bombshell
HEALTH bosses have moved to downplay warnings that hospitals in west London are facing closure.
The Telegraph
Breast cancer sufferers denied two drugs on NHS
Thousands of women with aggressive breast cancer will be denied two drugs that could extend their lives because they do not offer "value for money", under draft NHS guidance.
The Guardian
Shirley Williams says Lansley should drop NHS competition clauses
Liberal Democrat peer says public fear privatisation of NHS, as David Cameron and Nick Clegg back health secretary
This is Cornwall
Nurse shortage forces community hospital to close again
A ward at a community hospital in Cornwall has been closed for the third time since it was transferred from the NHS to a private company.