NHS in crisis

The government has pledged extra billions over the next four years. But there is no guarantee that the NHS will improve.

BBC News Online's health team analyses the factors that appear to make the health service so fragile.

• Act on disabled, Milburn tells NHS
• NHS spending claims 'misleading'
• NHS waiting lists up again
• 10-month wait for cancer treatment

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• Blair admits NHS is underfunded
  
• Flu: an NHS nightmare
  
• Cancer inoperable after flu delay
  
• Analysis: Blair's NHS gamble
• Criticism over intensive care shortage
• The crises of winter past
  

• Litigation: new NHS nightmare
  
• The beds debate
  
• Billions for the NHS
  
• The Health divide - Britain and Europe
• NHS reform: Blair takes charge

• Waiting list drive adds to the burden
  
• Health initiatives change the face of the NHS
  
• The New NHS: Fit for the future?
  
• Waiting list fall 'only temporary'

• NHS pay and staffing at a glance
  
• Why an NHS nurse is hard to find
  
• Doctors disatisfied with the NHS