After a damning report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) earlier this year, Colchester hospital is apparently going all out to making significant improvements in patient care; with an action plan to the effect already in place by the hospital authorities!

Britain's Kindest Kid - 11-year-old Harry Moseley, from Birmingham - lost his strikingly brave battle with cancer on Saturday. He had been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour after an illness in 2007; and had been in coma since August.

With a last-year Health Insurance research having already uncovered widespread variations in patients’ access to treatment for musculoskeletal conditions, a new report has now highlighted the fact that, in the worst of cases, the waiting time that patients face for gaining access to an NHS physiotherapist is up to 27 weeks!

While commenting on the future of the NHS in an article for the Yorkshire Post, the Archbishop of York - Dr John Sentamu – has cautioned about the perils of bringing on an increased commercial culture into the health service!

A shock survey published by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has recently revealed that one in 20 nurses in the UK fears the possibility of losing their jobs in the coming one year!

Attempts to persuade the ‘at-risk’ groups to go in for their winter flu jabs are apparently full on in the Scotland, with the health authorities urging pregnant women to get the vaccine at the earliest!