A report suggesting that Scotland should reconsider ring-fencing the NHS budget has triggered a debate over the service's efficiency, finds David Torrance

Health visitors in one Yorkshire PCT are improving patient care and saving money by handling patients' data on the move, finds Steve Gold

The government is ready to let globalisation change the NHS, but there are questions over how commissioning GPs can cope, argues Kavitha Ravikumar

The health secretary, who opposed summary care record (SCR) in opposition, is allowing the last government's policy to accelerate, argues Helen Wilkinson-Makey