NHS deficit doubles to £512m
The NHS deficit in England has reached £512m - more than double the amount last year.

'Meddling' to blame for NHS debts
NHS deficits have been caused by political meddling and damaging policies, hospital consultants say.

Hospital to be run by local GPs
Officials put forward proposals to transfer control of a hospital from an NHS trust to local doctors.

Patient surgery choice extended
Patients are to be given a choice of hospitals across England for operations as a key NHS reform is expanded.

Fewer NHS beds 'but better care'
People are getting better care despite the number of beds falling by a third in the last 20 years, managers say.

Nurses face pay cuts in NHS plan
Nurses at Barnsley Hospital could see their pay cut in a proposed regrading of around 200 posts.

Health reforms 'wasted millions'
Key government health reforms are criticised for wasting millions of pounds but bringing few benefits.

MPs to investigate NHS deficits
A committee of MPs is to launch an inquiry into the scale of the financial problems afflicting the NHS.

Hewitt heckled by furious nurses
Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt has been heckled for the second time in three days by health workers.

The problem with the NHS
A cross-section of views on the state of the NHS from people closely involved.

What does the future hold?
The NHS deficit has more than doubled. How will the health service cope in coming years?

Doctor's view
A top urologist gives his view on the challenges facing the NHS.

Dentist's view
A top dentist gives her views on the challenges facing the NHS.

Nurse's view
A nurse gives his view on the challenges facing the NHS.

Manager's view
A NHS manager gives his view on the challenges facing the health service.

Health economist's view
A top health economist gives his view on the challenges facing the NHS.

Correspondent's view
BBC home editor Mark Easton gives his view on the challenges facing the NHS.

Why are deficits in the headlines?
The NHS is facing mounting deficits - but not for the first time.

NHS faces up to new era
NHS managers are having to maintain standards while keeping costs down.

How well is NHS money spent?
Statisticians are struggling to measure just what impact increased spending on the NHS is actually having on the service.

NHS finds medicine hard to take
The NHS is going through a time of turbulence as reforms start to bite, says BBC News health correspondent Jane Dreaper,

Cash crisis 'won't hit patients'
Patricia Hewitt rejects claims patients will suffer as a result of the NHS cash crisis after 1,000 hospital jobs are cut.

Q&A: NHS deficits explained
The NHS is receiving a record amount of money, but many trusts are facing budget deficits. Why?

Foundation trust finances
Are foundation trusts in the black or in the red?