Health authorities using staff training funds to cut deficits
· Up to 30% of budgets for medical courses diverted
· Fears over effect on NHS reforms and patient care
How to lose pounds fast
Finding a reasonably priced gym is a tricky business. Clubs are often reluctant to tell you what they charge and a 'no joining fee' is not always what it seems, finds Lucy Siegle.
Stem cell bank to begin supplying researchers
· Pioneering UK facility to release embryonic cells · Centre offers hope of medical breakthroughs
Sainsbury’s backs drive over childhood obesity
As part of a government drive, the supermarket group's chief executive, Justin King, will this week share a platform with the public health minister, Caroline Flint, to discuss obesity in children.
Strike threat as private firm wins £1.6bn NHS deal
The NHS was today facing strike action after the government awarded the German company DHL a £1.6bn contract to supply and deliver medical equipment.
Ministers approve £1.5bn hospital building proposal
· Initiative to be financed through private sector · Plan will be costly error warns public sector union
Bristle while you work
Is bullying becoming more common at work - or are we just getting more sensitive? As a City firm is ordered to pay £800,000 for its employees' 'offensive, abusive and intimidating' behaviour, Patrick Barkham investigates.
Who’d be a GP?
Long hours, budget constraints and now outposts in Boots - doctors must be saints, says John Crace.