Be careful what you cut in the NHS
Cut the salaries of senior managers, not cancer specialists, nurses or hospital cleaners, writes Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing Jackie Baillie MSP

Electronic prescribing under a coalition government
With the coalition government bringing in a shift in IT policy, now could be the time for hospitals to tackle e-prescribing, writes Robert Blay, Chief Executive of JAC Medicines

''Transparency of NHS data is vital to a better service''
Patients will be able to rate health services online in the ''information revolution'' promised by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley in the NHS White Paper

Health research – it's a matter of record
Professor Azeem Majeed argues the case for greater investment in electronic health records to extract maximum benefit from the valuable data they contain

The coalition's programme for government
The full programme for the coalition government has been published and described by David Cameron and Nick Clegg as ''historic''. Here is the full 12,600-word document

'Change isn't always easy. But it's worth it.'
As the United States House of Representatives passes a key health care reform bill at the heart of President Barack Obama's agenda, Secretary for Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius looks at the challenges ahead and why focus on science is critical

Telehealth gives remote control
Technological advancements in telehealth are helping to streamline services and improve patient care, as Martin Hunt outlines

A patient-centred route to NHS IT success
As Wales embarks on its plan to modernise its health service, Mike Lowe speaks to Dr Gwyn Thomas, the man leading the modernisation, about how his approach will deliver success with a lot less controversy

Nursing the sick man
Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing Jackie Baillie argues that action is needed from government and citizens alike to improve Scotland's health

Lansley: 'We will cut bureaucracy in the NHS ... our NHS ... by a third'
The forthcoming general election is the chance for the Tories to make the NHS the finest in the world, shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley told the Conservative party conference in Manchester

Can patients trust their trusts?
Adobe Systems' Simon Skillen considers Conservative proposals to let patients store their records online compared to the NHS's plans and explains how new web technologies can maybe deliver the best of both worlds

E-health benefits are at your fingertips
Recognising that health systems across Europe are changing in terms of treatment and the patient type, European Commissioner Viviane Reding explains what she thinks is the future for e-health in Europe

Making e-health benefit everyone
Despite numerous problems in the UK’s e-health efforts, European Commissioner Viviane Reding explains to Public Service Review in an interview the benefits reaped by effective e-health and the challenges faced in implementation

Digital doctoring in European healthcare
Göran Hägglund, Swedish Minister for Health and Social Affairs, discusses the role of electronic data systems in European healthcare.

Setting the health records straight
Professors George Mihalas and Rolf Engelbrecht, from the European Federation for Medical Informatics, discuss the EHR system.