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Zoe Williams: Yes, the act's passed. But most staff were against the marketisation of the health service, and they're still out there running it

South Western Ambulance Trust loses a contract to run some services in parts of Devon, Cornwall and Somerset to a private car park company.

If you've been following the mainstream news media, that's probably forgiveable. The fact is that the House of Lords will be debating - today - a so-called 'fatal' motion to annul the new section 7...

Labour is to push peers to vote on the coalition government's NHS competition regulations

A new raft of privatising measures will be voted on tomorrow.

Nicholas Timmins: With a flagging economy and rising demand for the NHS, any future government will have to look at new ways of funding it

Conservative efforts by Jeremy Hunt and Andrew Lansley to privatise the National Health Service through their NHS reforms are not Labour hype. They are very real - and they will be an unmitigated disaster.

Healthcare trusts seek big increase in income from private patients, raising fears of two-tier service

As costs continue to mount, Branwen Jeffreys asks how the NHS must change in the future?

The survey showed only 19% of GPs will vote Tory in today’s local elections, compared to 53% in 2010’s general election

Any future government will have to consider charging people to use the NHS unless Britain’s economy strengthens, the chair of NHS England has warned.

The move to throw out the regulations was backed by 114 Labour peers, 23 crossbenchers, 6 others and 2 Bishops

The House of Lords is set to vote later on competition within the NHS in England, after Labour accused the government of bringing in "privatisation" at an "alarming pace".

David Cameron's general election pledge not to cut spending on the NHS has been broken, the Conservative Party conceded for the first time yesterday, as new figures revealed the health service is on the brink of a winter crisis.

Kailash Chand: Section 75 of the health act is the mechanism that locks in privatisation of the health service: the Lords must amend it

Kailash Chand: Section 75 of the health act is the mechanism that locks in privatisation of the health service: the Lords must amend it

An apparent increase in the use of private ambulances in the NHS is a risk to patient safety, Labour warns.

Professor Malcolm Grant admitted charges for NHS services were a possibility as demand is set to rise by between 4% and 5%

What could replace it? "Adopt-a-granny" schemes, or a National Care Service, maybe.

The battle over outsourcing for Suffolk’s community health services in Sudbury is a warning for the rest of the country - the future of the NHS is going to be fragmented.

It is hard to overstate the implications for the public of the NHS privatisation regulations going through parliament. Caroline Molloy speaks to a range of experts about these regulations and why everyone should be very, very worried.