The government has revealed proposed changes to the NHS dental contract, including a time-limited ‘care pathway’ for higher ...

But far too few to meet the radical changes the NHS needs. We need chief quality officers with vision to lead, inspire staff and facilitate rigorous assessment and improvement of quality throughout ...

The National audit of psychological therapies for anxiety and depression: national report 2011, commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership and carried out by the Royal College of ...

CASH-strapped NHS trusts overspent by £2.45billion as the funding crisis worsened last year, a shocking study reveals today. Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.

The Audit Scotland report said the NHS had met most of its national targets for patient care and service improvement in 2008-09. The service faces real pressure, from both existing cost pressures and ...

NHS Scotland is struggling to maintain quality of care with patients waiting longer for treatment, targets missed and no improvement in the nation's health amid unprecedented budget pressures ...

Furthermore, there seems to be a divergence in priorities. NHS bodies often focus on meeting audit deadlines and financial targets, which may come at the expense of the quality of accounts and audits.

Surgery patients with deadly sepsis are not getting antibiotics fast enough, NHS audit finds ‘This has not improved over five years, and is a key area of improvement that must be addressed ...