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A patient died of a heart attack in a hospital corridor after waiting more than two hours for emergency treatment, it has emerged.

Stafford Hospital has extended the overnight closure of its A&E department because it says it doesn't have enough workers.

Over 60 people braved hail to protest against health secretary Andrew Lansley when he spoke at the Nice health organisation’s conference in Birmingham last week.

Bosses at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust are getting "unpaid jobseekers" to provide patient care on wards.

St Mary’s, Portsmouth Tory Health secretary Andrew Lansley cancelled his visit to St Mary’s hospital in Portsmouth at the last minute on Thursday of last week.

Delegates at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) conference jeered in derision at health minister Andrew Lansley last week.

The private firm that has taken over the running of Hinchingbrooke hospital in Cambridgeshire is set to make millions in profits by axing services.

The NHS reforms will put us on the road to a system based on insurance, not taxation.That means that if you’re sick, you may not be able to get treatment unless you are covered. And insurers may refuse to cover some conditions if they think it’s too expensive.Private firms will run the service So-called GPs’ groups are just a Trojan horse for profit-hungry companies. Already Richard Branson’s Virgin Care is moving in to take over some key NHS services.

Workers at a major IT firm are bearing the brunt of the chaos that privatisation and outsourcing has brought to the NHS.

Protests hit Virgin stores as part of a day of action against NHS privatisation last Saturday.

At the Unison union’s health conference in Brighton last weekend the talk was of the fantastic strikes on

Camden Council has agreed to launch a public inquiry into the privatisation of the Camden Road GP practice after a public outcry at its closure.