NHS Direct, a major provider of the 111 NHS non-emergency call service in England is looking to pull out of its remaining contracts with the service already plagued with problems.
Prime Minister David Cameron has defended his controversial plans for NHS England, where trainee nurses would first work as healthcare assistants to improve patient care.
How will the ongoing dismantling of the NHS affect healthcare in the UK and how will the public hold providers accountable with the faux regulatory bodies that have been set up?
Scotland recently followed Wales and Northern Ireland in making NHS prescriptions free, but is in two minds about the benefits of the change. Daniel Moran wonders now whether the idea has much chance of success south of the border.
Jeremy Hunt was promoted from Culture Secretary to Health Secretary in Cameron’s recent reshuffle, but where does he stand on the privatisation of the NHS?