NHS Improvement Society News

30th August 2009. NHS Improvement Society recommends rethink on dementia plan.  The NHS Improvement Society has written to the Cumbria Partnerships NHS Trust, urging it to reconsider its closure of in-patient services for dementia sufferers and to review its strategy for delivering elderly care. To read the letter, click here.

23rd August 2009. NHS Improvement Society express concern at European Cross Border Health Directive. The NHS Improvement Society has written to MEPs in relation to concerns that the draft Directive may lead to a European health market. To read more, click here.

20th August 2009. Cameron to pledge NHS spending increases in bid to regain initiative on health. The Tory leader is anxious to regain political initiative on the NHS after the Daniel Hannan row. For more information, click here.

14th August 2009. NHS target of US anti-reform campaigners.  Campaigners in the US, opposed to President Obama's health reforms, have claimed the NHS is a system to be avoided after a Conservative MEP attacked the NHS on US TV.

  For opinion from Anna Billson-Page, click here.

  For Health Secretary Andy Burnham's response, click here.

24th July 2009. Liverpool hospital closes.  The Alfred Jones memorial Hospital closed today. To read more, click here.

   7th July 2009. Dr Batteson remembered in photo art.  A prenentation was made to

  Kendal Town Council last night in memory of Cllr Dr Charles Batteson, co-founder

  of the NHS Improvement Society. To read more, click here.

  22nd June 2009. Government overhauls NHS Dentistry.  The government has

  pledged to overturn the ineffective 2006 NHS contract for dentistry. For a full story,

  and comment, click here.

  For more news, click here.