NHS deficit doubles
The health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, today staked her political reputation on turning around the NHS financial crisis by next year as figures revealed the overall deficit has more than doubled in the last year to £512m.
Work until 68 and save or face a time bomb
Hutton plans to link basic state pension to earnings and rein in means testing.
Midwife-led birth centres threatened by cost cutting
· Highly regarded centre in Stroud to be axed · Move belies government's vow on childbirth choice
Football fan insures against World Cup trauma
A football fan has taken out a £1m insurance policy to cover himself against the trauma of seeing England knocked out of the early stages of World Cup.
NHS trust in cash crisis over £6m in unpaid bills
· Stockpile of invoices found by maternity cover · Auditors say deficit of £21m needs to be repaid
Bitter pill if you suffer from an ailment
Nick Pandya counts the cost of travelling if you suffer from a common condition.
Brown’s guru rebukes NHS
The business leader who convinced Gordon Brown to pour more than £40bn into the NHS has issued a scathing rebuke over the government's failure to deliver genuinely radical improvements to patient care.