National and International News
Ambulance trusts slump in ratings
Five of England's 31 ambulance trusts have been "failed" - awarded no stars in this year's performance league tables, while the number of one-star trusts has more than doubled.
Guardian 16/07/03
Times 16/07/03
Chequered history, but a belief that things can only get better
Marie Burnham, who took up her new job as chief executive of the North Cumbria acute hospitals NHS trust 13 days ago, yesterday learned her organisation has tumbled towards the bottom of official rankings.
Guardian 16/07/03
Country people are better served than those in cities
People living in rural areas receive better healthcare than those in large cities, this year’s star ratings disclose.
Times 16/07/03
Doctors are failing to prevent women's heart disease deaths, report finds
Heart disease is the single biggest killer of British women but half of GPs do not have enough time to talk to their female patients about it, a survey reveals today.
Guardian 15/07/03
Fast-tracking the fortunes of a poor starter
Dartford and Gravesham NHS trust in Kent, a newcomer to three stars, shows how quickly hospitals can be turned round to the government's satisfaction.
Guardian 16/07/03
Four trusts cut from foundation hospital list after missing targets
Four NHS trusts were removed from the shortlist for the first wave of foundation hospitals yesterday after failing to make the grade in league tables.
Independent 16/07/03
Guardian 16/07/03
GPs lose points for failing appointment targets
Family doctors in more than a third of primary care trusts (PCTs) are failing to meet the government's target to see patients within 48 hours, according to the new NHS performance ratings.
Guardian 16/07/03
Hospitals may advertise to woo patients, says NHS report
NHS hospitals could start advertising for business as they compete to attract patients under the government's policy of increasing patient choice.
Guardian 14/07/03
Hospitals are getting better, but ambulance services are ailing
The first independent audit of the health service showed hospitals improving slightly but ambulance services getting worse.
Times 16/07/03
Times 16/07/03
'Incompetent' police are blamed over Shipman murders
The last three of Harold Shipman's victims would probably have lived but for an incompetent police inquiry by a badly supervised inspector who was "out of his depth", according to a report published yesterday by Dame Janet Smith, the chairman of the Shipman inquiry.
Independent 15/07/03
Independent 14/07/03
Guardian 15/07/03
Guardian 14/07/03
Guardian 14/07/03
More mental health trusts receive top marks
The number of top rated mental health trusts has more than trebled, according to the latest NHS performance league table.
Guardian 16/07/03
NHS 'needs new work practices'
The government was accused last night by a Blairite thinktank of tinkering obsessively with the structure of the NHS instead of introducing the working practices needed to improve patient care.
Guardian 15/07/03
Power trip
After leading the way at the audit commission, Andrew Webster has returned to running social services. David Walker finds out why.
Guardian 16/07/03
The oldest and still the best
In the battle between 10 and 11 Downing Street over the NHS, Gordon Brown has always pushed two arguments for continuing with the current structure: first, that it is even more important today than its launch in 1948 because of its capacity to do so much more; second, because of the spiralling cost of modern medicine, which requires a comprehensive national insurance, such as the NHS, to provide the necessary protection.
Guardian 16/07/03
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