The third annual Auditors’ Local Evaluation (ALE) report from the Audit Commission , published on 2 October, shows an overall picture of financial improvement for many NHS organisations in England in 2007/08. Half of the 302 NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) assessed in England have performed...

The cleanliness of most NHS hospitals in England is threatened by frequent invasions of rats, fleas, bedbugs, flies and cockroaches, a report claims. Figures released by the Conservatives show that 70% of NHS Trusts brought in the pest controllers at least 50 times between January 2006 and March 2008...