Randeep Ramesh, social affairs editor Andrew Lansley has denied acting under pressure on abortion issue. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images The healthcare regulator was forced to divert resources away from monitoring patient care in the NHS after Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, ordered unannounced inspections of more than 300 abortion clinics in England, it has...
Jamie Doward and Dominic Simpson Stacey Solomon who has carried on smoking while pregnant. Photograph: Beretta/Sims/Rex Almost six out of 10 teenage mothers are continuing to smoke during pregnancy – despite a significant decline in the number of younger people smoking over the past year. The figures have dismayed experts and could mean the...
Press Association Health secretary Andrew Lansley has instructed Department of Health officials to investigate the abortion allegations. Photograph: Andrew Winning/Reuters An investigation into claims that some doctors are granting women illegal abortions based on the sex of their unborn baby has been launched by the Department of Health. It has been sparked by an...
On 23 December, I was concerned to hear Andrew Lansley making bland assurances about the issues of risk from Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) breast implants (Report, 24 January). What women who had the implants needed was a realistic review of the issues. What they got was Lansley saying that the government had “no evidence”...
