BBC News Sunday, 26 March 2006, 08:19 GMT 09:19 UK NHS 'not giving value for money'

The government has promised to tackle NHS financial problems NHS patients are still not receiving value for money despite unprecedented investment, a former senior Department of Health official has said. Bob Dredge, who was programme director for financial reform at the department, said that in terms of productivity, value for money has been reduced.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4846492.stm

The Independent Sunday, 26th March 2006

Madness: Britain's mental health time bomb

By Sophie Goodchild, Chief Reporter

New figures reveal one in five people will need treatment. Which is why experts are calling £20m cuts in services 'cruel and insane'

Health authorities are secretly cutting millions of pounds in funding for psychiatric services, despite alarming new evidence of a crisis affecting an estimated one in five people in Britain. In a move branded "the real madness" by health experts, debt-ridden NHS trusts are slashing budgets and cutting care for the mentally ill.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article353687.ece

The Sunday Times, 26th March 2006

Iraqis killed by US troops ‘on rampage’

By Hala Jaber and Tony Allen-Mills, New York

Claims of atrocities by soldiers mount

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2103695,00.html