Inadequate leadership and ineffective management are the causes of the worst deficits in the NHS, a watchdog says. more

It is the first time the so-called hidden waits have been published – to date hospital waits in England have measured diagnosis to treatment. more

Are healthcare workers ever justified in abandoning their patients during epidemics of severe disease? more

By 2030, predicts Robert W. Fogel, a Nobel laureate at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, about 25 percent of the G.D.P. will be spent on health care, making it “the driving force in the economy,” just as … Continue reading →

Missed appointments are a waste of valuable resources. more

The researchers measured value by the cost of care that extends the average person`s life by one year. The $19,900 spent for each extra year of life, when averaged over 40 years, would be widely considered a reasonable value. more

Medical schools in several states are boosting programs that teach doctors and students to challenge the sales pitches of drug companies and avoid being dazzled by them. more

Severely mentally ill people in Fairfax County whose families are trying to get them emergency help are being released without receiving treatment — or even a hearing — because there are not enough independent psychologists to examine them. more

Campaigners are warning thousands of disabled and terminally-ill children are waiting for vital equipment. They say NHS and government agencies are not supplying enough funding. more

Lib Dem peer Baroness Barker said the Bill would turn the clock back 70 years in mental health legislation and was “unfit for purpose”. A desire to change the law was largely driven by Michael Stone’s 1998 conviction for the … Continue reading →