Archive for the 'NHS' Category

Election 2010: Do you know your health policies?

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Prime minister Gordon Brown has finally announced the UK general election, which will take place on 6 May 2010. The main political parties have all since gone into overdrive promoting their policies on the campaign trail, trying to guarantee votes for what looks set to be a very uncertain election. As well as pushing plans [...]

NHS hospital choice advert banned

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

The Advertising Standards Agency has banned an NHS advertising campaign that promotes patient choice on the grounds that the adverts are “misleading”. The adverts – part of the Good News You Choose campaign conducted by NHS North East – tell patients that they can choose which hospital and at what time they have their treatment. [...]