Andrew Lansley

Will Brown defy scientists and force through 'opt-out' organ donation?

Brown may go ahead with the opt-out scheme Gordon Brown may force through 'presumed consent' for organ donation even after it was rejected by an independent panel of scientists. The Prime Minister has vowed to look again at...

GPs oppose private clinic plans

Polyclinics bring a range of specialist care under one roof Doctors from Oxfordshire will meet an opposition politician to object to plans to set up a private so-called polyclinic in Banbury. The doctors said they feared the...

Transcript: David Davis interview

New Statesman political correspondent James Macintyre talked to David Davis about quitting, David Cameron and Davis's leadership ambitions. Here is a full transcript NS: How are you? It's been quite a year for you. DD: Yeah...

1-YEAR OLDS TREATED FOR ALCOHOL

Children as young as one are being treated in hospital after accidentally drinking alcohol, according to a survey, writes Daniel Martin. University College Hospital London treated the one-year old, while Chelsea & Westminster...

Exercise drive targets nine towns and cities

Nine areas with high levels of obesity are to be designated "healthy towns" where the NHS and local authorities will use commercial marketing techniques to reward people who adopt healthier lifestyles, the government said...

Standards at UK children's hospital 'worse than in developing world'

Standards at one of Britain's leading children's hospitals are worse than in the developing world, according to a damning report. Surgeons at Birmingham Children's Hospital claimed they had less support during operations than...

Private treatment will no longer bar patients from NHS care

Patients are to be allowed to pay privately for treatment with expensive drugs without losing their entitlement to NHS care, the health secretary, Alan Johnson, announced yesterday.But he denied that the government was...

Simon Hoggart's sketch: The lingua franca of health is less than reassuring

Remembrance Sunday is almost here. I counted the poppies in the Commons. All but one of the Tories wore them - the exception being John Bercow, but he is married to a Guardian reader, so that doesn't count. The Labour benches...

UK Conservative party plans to decrease NICE drug approval time

by Nadege Chery The UK Conservative party promised to reduce the time to approval for new drugs by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to between three and six months from an average of 18 months. Shadow...

The Lingua Franca of Health is Less Than Reassuring

Simon Hoggart: There still a lingering sense among some that a poppy has a militaristic tinge Remembrance Sunday is almost here. Most MPs had a buttonhole, but there still is that faint, lingering sense among some that a poppy...

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