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Gordon Brown to announce changes for the NHS
Brown planning NHS changes

Prime minister Gordon Brown is set to announce changes to cancer care on the NHS. In his Building Britain’s Future document tomorrow, Mr Brown is set to unveil proposals under which NHS primary care trusts, which fail to give cancer patients treatment within two weeks of a GP referral, would have to pay for private… Read more »

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MP Alan Milburn to stand down at next election
Alan Milburn to stand down as MP

Former health secretary Alan Milburn is to stand down as an MP at the next election. The MP for Darlington, who left his post in the cabinet to spend more time with his family, has been criticised for taking on five other jobs alongside his parliamentary work. Mr Milburn said in a statement: “I left… Read more »