NHS/National Health Service

A third of Britons would miss the NHS if they moved abroad with a fifth worrying about the quality of care they would receive, according to new research.

Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to make ‘substantive changes' to the NHS reforms currently before Parliament.

The National Institute for Health Clinical Excellence (Nice) has provisionally rejected three commonly used leukaemia drugs for being too expensive compared to the benefit they bring.

One of the most commonly cited reasons for poor protection sales is that most of the country is unaware of the availability of these products and what support they can provide.

MPs have voiced concerns that the NHS reorganisation might conflict with the government's aim of saving £20bn while maintaining patient care standards.

NHS Alliance has instigated a competing listening panel to that put together by the government for the Health and Social Care Bill.

Insurers are increasingly influencing private medical practice and threatening consultants with being taken off their books, doctors have said.

Patients experience persistent and widespread variations in the chances of undergoing surgery for common medical conditions on the NHS such as knee and hip replacements, a new study has revealed.

Insurance service provider Medicals Direct has applied to register as an NHS service provider under the Health and Social Care Act.

The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) believes cuts in NHS elective surgery make private medical insurance (PMI) the only option for some people.