Sir Keith, currently Chair of the NHS Confederation, will head up Health Education England, the organisation that will provide national leadership to the new system of education and training in healthcare, when it is established in June 2012.

Sir Peter, currently Vice Chair of the NHS North of England, will head up the NHS Trust Development Authority, the new organisation that will support NHS Trusts to achieve foundation status, when it is established in June 2012.

Patients are already benefitting from GPs starting to take a lead in designing local health services and a renewed focus on health outcomes.

A series of factsheets on the Health and Social Care Bill explain particular topics contained in the Bill, including its key themes.

Health Minister Simon Burns explains why the Health and Social Care Bill is needed to make the changes that are being proposed for the NHS.

£65bn in the hands of local doctors, nurses and other health professionals

Outline plans and operating processes for the NHS Trust Development Authority (NTDA) have been published by the Department of Health.

£91.6 billion to go direct to frontline NHS.
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley today announced that the NHS will get a funding boost of over £2.5 billion to provide services for patients in 2012-13.

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has set out his vision for an NHS that is truly on the side of patients.

Responding to the Co-operation and Competition Panel’s report on patient choice in the NHS