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NHS Crisis
A pharmacist stocking shelves
Britain / 7 April 2025
More than half of A&E patients not given critical medicines, report warns
7 April 2025
Britain / 6 April 2025
Patients not receiving ‘timely care’ in hospital, ambulance workers say
6 April 2025
Features / 17 March 2025
NHS England’s abolition sets the stage for deep cuts to come
17 March 2025
Behind Starmer’s headline-grabbing abolition of NHS England lies a ruthless drive to centralise control so that cuts of £6.6 billion can be made — even if it means reducing cancer services and clinical staff, writes JOHN LISTER
Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a Q&A session after deliv
Britain / 13 March 2025
Starmer announces abolition of NHS England
13 March 2025
PM's move will ‘cause disruption and divert senior leaders' time and energy from improving care for patients,’ Health Foundation warns
A registration form and a stethoscope at the Temple Fortune
Britain / 10 March 2025
Doctors union cautiously welcomes Welsh government plans to strengthen GPs' role
10 March 2025
A general view of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, which was f
Britain / 7 March 2025
Unions and patient groups urge new NHS England boss to rule out private finance
7 March 2025
A patient bed on an NHS hospital ward in England
Britain / 3 March 2025
Plaid Cyrmu slam crisis handling at Wales' largest health board
3 March 2025
A registration form and a stethoscope at the Temple Fortune
Britain / 24 February 2025
Access to GP appointments has topped the public’s list of NHS concerns
24 February 2025
WHAT KIND OF CHANGE? Keir Starmer happy to selfie with membe
Features / 15 February 2025
NHS under threat: Labour is wrong to embrace private sector 
15 February 2025
Diverting public funding to grow private-sector ‘spare capacity,’ actively undermines the funding and staff available to the NHS and results in a worse service, write JOHN PUNTIS and TONY O’SULLIVAN
NHS England chief Amanda Pritchard
Britain / 14 February 2025
Campaigners blast NHS England boss after she suggests return to failed PFI deals
14 February 2025
A registration form and a stethoscope at the Temple Fortune
Britain / 13 February 2025
‘Extraordinary’ rise in GP abuse fuelled by media bias, NHS England director says
13 February 2025
Staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London, J
Britain / 11 February 2025
‘Workers are  being employed as indentured labour’
11 February 2025
Damning report finds migrant workers propping up Britain’s crumbling care system are trapped in awful working conditions
A teenage girl with her head in her hands
Britain / 11 February 2025
Health board launches probes into Skye House cruelty allegations
11 February 2025
Britain / 9 February 2025
‘Angry, demoralised and burnt-out’ GPs retiring early, warns BMA Scotland
9 February 2025
Junior doctors on the picket line outside St Thomas' Hospita
Britain / 5 February 2025
Four in ten medical students consider leaving or pausing studies due to financial pressures
5 February 2025
A general view of medical equipment on a NHS hospital ward a
Britain / 3 February 2025
Liver cancer test pledges unfunded in Scotland, charity says
3 February 2025
First Minister John Swinney during his visit to NHS 24 call
Britain / 27 January 2025
Swinney promises ‘new course’ for NHS, one that is ‘better than it is now’
27 January 2025
Scottish Health Secretary Neil Gray, September 17, 2024
Britain / 23 January 2025
Scottish First Minister defends embattled health secretary at FMQs
23 January 2025
A man showing signs of depression
Britain / 21 January 2025
More people access talking therapies to help them return to work
21 January 2025
The emergency department at Midland Metropolitan University
Britain / 12 January 2025
London hospital advertises for ‘corridor care’ nurses
12 January 2025
Royal College of Emergency Medicine says advertisement is ‘normalising’ patients being treated in the corridors
The sign for the Senedd, the Welsh parliament building in Ca
Britain / 12 January 2025
Welsh government asked to cover Powys Teaching Health Board’s funding shortfall of £9.9m
12 January 2025
Members of the Royal College of Nursing union on the picket
Britain / 9 January 2025
NHS staff reaching mental health ‘breaking point’
9 January 2025
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (centre) and Health Secretar
Britain / 6 January 2025
Starmer plans to ‘embed profit-seeking parasites’ into NHS, campaigners warn
6 January 2025
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks to medical staff and
Editorial / 6 January 2025
Starmer's private healthcare fixation puts ideology before patients
6 January 2025
Britain / 3 January 2025
Campaigners demand end to private firms parasitising the NHS as pressure mounts on service amid flu surge
3 January 2025
Health Secretary Wes Streeting meeting staff during a visit
Britain / 2 January 2025
Labour's plans to sell GP data to private sector ‘make no sense’
2 January 2025
Campaigners warn Labour's ‘pro-business approach to data’ has ‘potential for further loss of public trust’ in the NHS
A view of an entrance to an Accident and Emergency Departmen
Britain / 30 December 2024
Healthcare emergency
30 December 2024
A&E departments overwhelmed with minor cases as primary care sector struggles to keep up with demand
Britain / 29 December 2024
Colchester NHS trust giving staff £3k less than promised, union says
29 December 2024
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 27 December 2024
Make it easier for those with lung cancer symptoms to get tests, experts say
27 December 2024
A registration form and a stethoscope at a GP Practice
Britain / 16 December 2024
Scottish government accuses of ‘setting up GP practices to fail’
16 December 2024
A support worker stands in a corridor as the first patients
Britain / 16 December 2024
Emergency doctors hit out at NHS guidance on treating patients in corridors
16 December 2024
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Britain / 13 December 2024
Nursing union calls for urgent support to get more students studying nursing in Wales
13 December 2024
A nurse preparing to give a patient a vaccine
Britain / 12 December 2024
‘Tidal wave’ of flu hitting hospitals as NHS nears ‘crisis point’
12 December 2024
Royal College of Nursing (RCN) chief executive Pat Cullen (s
Britain / 11 December 2024
Teachers and NHS workers' unions ‘put the government on notice’ over below-inflation pay rises
11 December 2024
Staff on a NHS hospital ward, October 3, 2014
Britain / 10 December 2024
Delayed discharges soar to record highs in Scotland
10 December 2024
Ambulance workers on the picket line outside Croydon Street
Britain / 10 December 2024
Unison strike threat in Swansea Bay wins pay offer
10 December 2024
Britain / 4 December 2024
SNP accused of major failure after people with learning disabilities left in hospital for six years
4 December 2024
Health Secretary Wes Streeting arrives in Downing Street, Lo
Exclusive / 3 December 2024
Streeting urged to back New Deal for Workers and block £100m NHS privatisation bid
3 December 2024
Nurses from the campaign group Unite, on the picket line out
Britain / 25 November 2024
Two-thirds of NHS workers have considered leaving health service, research finds
25 November 2024
Staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London
Britain / 21 November 2024
NHS turnover costs thousands of lives, study finds as government plans 'bullying' NHS reforms
21 November 2024
Workers at Royal Liverpool Hospital begin their two-week str
Britain / 18 November 2024
Over 130 Royal Liverpool Hospital workers launch two weeks of strike action over pay
18 November 2024
An Accident and Emergency sign
Britain / 18 November 2024
NHS winter crisis begins as doctors accuse government of ‘writing off’ patients
18 November 2024
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 14 November 2024
Surge in number of patients waiting more than 12 hours in A&E, stats show
14 November 2024
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 5 November 2024
Number of disabled people unable to work rises by 260,000 in a year
5 November 2024
Campaigners urge Labour to invest in NHS to tackle rising levels of long-term illness
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves carries the tradit
Britain / 31 October 2024
Chancellor concedes employers’ National Insurance boost will likely lead to smaller pay rises
31 October 2024
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves and Health Secreta
Britain / 29 October 2024
Labour's first Budget will not be enough to restore NHS to health, Chancellor Reeves warns
29 October 2024
NHS workers on the picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital,
Britain / 28 October 2024
Majority back pay rises for nurses, survey finds as RCN warns education model is ‘broken’
28 October 2024
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves and Health Secreta
Britain / 28 October 2024
Streeting reportedly warns that Labour's NHS funding plan is ‘not enough’
28 October 2024
Patients sitting in the waiting room at a GP practice
Britain / 28 October 2024
Most businesses lose staff time due to problems with public services, TUC poll shows
28 October 2024
An Accident and Emergency sign
Britain / 22 October 2024
SNP government must ‘face facts’ on A&E waits, Scottish Labour warns
22 October 2024
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks with leaders from acr
Britain / 15 October 2024
Starmer suggests weight loss jabs could get people ‘back to work’
15 October 2024
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks to the media in Downi
Britain / 15 October 2024
Labour planning bosses' insurance hike
15 October 2024
A stethoscope on medical notes
Britain / 10 October 2024
Government urged to prevent collapse of GP practices by increasing patient funding
10 October 2024
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Britain / 7 October 2024
Scottish government urged to address access to healthcare in remote areas
7 October 2024
A pharmacist stocking shelves at a chemist
Britain / 26 September 2024
Pharmacy closures having ‘huge impact’ on patients
26 September 2024
Health secretary Wes Streeting addresses the Labour Party Co
Labour Conference 2024 / 25 September 2024
Streeting's ‘lacklustre’ conference speech says ‘broken’ NHS is ‘letting people down’
25 September 2024
Exclusive / 24 September 2024
Unison warns of use of private sector in new cooperation agreement
24 September 2024
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, Prime Minister Si
Labour Conference 2024 / 23 September 2024
A break with austerity is needed to tackle the toxic Tory legacy
23 September 2024
RICHARD BURGON MP, who voted against the cut to winter fuel allowance, warns against a return to austerity, introducing his ideas that could raise billions to properly fund public services and boost wages instead
Professor Lord Ara Darzi leaves after Prime Minister Keir St
Britain / 13 September 2024
Mental health patients left in ‘Victorian-era cells’ infested with vermin, Darzi report finds
13 September 2024
Britain / 12 September 2024
NHS in ‘serious trouble,’ investigation finds
12 September 2024
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaking following the publi
Britain / 12 September 2024
Sir Keir rules out extra cash to repair NHS
12 September 2024
However, unions, professionals, and other parties say extra investment in the NHS is urgent
A dental nurse holding dental instruments
Britain / 12 September 2024
Campaigners call for NHS dental contracts to be scrapped
12 September 2024
Britain / 12 September 2024
Serco workers at Great Western Hospital to strike over pay
12 September 2024
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 4 September 2024
Picketing hospital staff chant ‘fair pay for patient care’ as ‘historic’ two-day strike begins
4 September 2024
Britain / 3 September 2024
SNP ‘betraying a generation’ after waiting times for young people’s mental health treatment increases
3 September 2024
Staff on a NHS hospital ward
Britain / 27 August 2024
NHS waiting lists in Scotland soar to new record high
27 August 2024
Britain / 22 August 2024
Campaigners call for end of NHS outsourcing as Britain falls among worst countries for hospital wait times
22 August 2024
Britain / 22 August 2024
Outsourced health workers back strike action at Swindon NHS trust
22 August 2024
Patients sitting in the waiting room at a GP practice
Britain / 13 August 2024
Cutting NHS waiting lists and youth training will stop fall in real wage growth, TUC says
13 August 2024
Nurses changing their PPE on Ward 5, a Covid Red Ward, at th
Britain / 12 August 2024
Campaigners outraged over government refusal to reveal PPE contracts
12 August 2024
The Scottish Ambulance Service base at Glasgow Airport, Marc
Britain / 12 August 2024
Most ambulance emergency calls end in ‘adverse clinical event,’ poll finds
12 August 2024
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer and then shadow health
Britain / 8 August 2024
Campaigners call for end to private contracts as NHS waiting lists continue to climb
8 August 2024
Jason Pulman's mother, Emily Pulman, and his stepfather, Mar
Britain / 6 August 2024
Trans teenager’s parents call for better emotional support for children awaiting care
6 August 2024
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Britain / 5 August 2024
Surge in unexpected Scottish NHS deaths must be investigated, say Labour
5 August 2024
Junior doctors and members of the British Medical Associatio
Britain / 30 July 2024
Junior doctor pay deal a ‘drop in the ocean’ compared to cost of strikes, Reeves says
30 July 2024
A warning message on the NHS app displayed on a phone as wid
Britain / 22 July 2024
NHS and pharmacies warn of ‘delays’ following IT outage
22 July 2024
Charles Windsor reads the King's Speech in the House of Lord
Britain / 17 July 2024
Unions welcome Labour's King's Speech but warn ‘financial straitjacket’ cannot be allowed to block real change
17 July 2024
The hand of a patient grips the rail of a hospital bed in th
Britain / 16 July 2024
Hospices ‘in their worst state for 20 years’ as bed numbers for the terminally ill are cut and staff sacked
16 July 2024
A radiologist at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, Feb
Britain / 15 July 2024
‘Staggering shortfall’ of radiologists as waiting lists for tests hit record high
15 July 2024
Health secretary Wes Streeting gives a speech during a visit
Britain / 11 July 2024
Health Secretary announces probe into state of the NHS
11 July 2024
A doctor holding a stethoscope
Britain / 11 July 2024
Hospital consultants are being ‘disenfranchised’ and feeling ‘overworked and undervalued’
11 July 2024
Health Secretary Wes Streeting (left) with Chief Executive o
Britain / 10 July 2024
NHS will not be saved by diverting funds, campaigners tell Streeting
10 July 2024
A hospital bed in a corridor at the Royal Liverpool Universi
Britain / 1 July 2024
Nurses tell of heartbreak as patients left to die alone due to staff shortages
1 July 2024
Junior doctors on the picket line outside St Thomas' Hospita
Britain / 27 June 2024
Striking doctors threaten more summer walkouts if Labour echoes Tory ‘lies’ on NHS
27 June 2024
A nurse puts on PPE on a ward for Covid patients at King's C
Britain / 25 June 2024
Fury as government destroys £1.4bn of PPE that could have gone to frontline staff
25 June 2024
Dr Robert Laurenson (right), co-chair of the British Medical
Britain / 24 June 2024
BMA launches legal action over blurring of lines between doctors and physician associates
24 June 2024
Members of the Unite union on the picket line outside Guys a
Britain / 24 June 2024
Burnt out nurses strike over dangerous rise in hours
24 June 2024
Ambulance workers on the picket line outside London Ambulanc
Features / 19 June 2024
The future of the NHS is on the line
19 June 2024
As a member-led union, Unison must put pressure on Labour as the likely party of the next government to defend our health service as a vital public service, says IAIN MOONEY
Junior doctors and members of the British Medical Associatio
Britain / 13 June 2024
NHS waiting lists rise again: Private health industry ‘rubbing its hands’ at rising profits, campaigners warn
13 June 2024
NHS workers on the picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital,
Britain / 3 June 2024
Nurses declare NHS ‘national emergency’ as patients die in hospital corridors
3 June 2024
View of an NHS hospital ward
Britain / 31 May 2024
Shock as health leaders forced to plan staff cuts to balance their books
31 May 2024
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech to party member
Britain / 31 May 2024
Sunak's new hospitals will be up to five years late, government plans show
31 May 2024
Features / 31 May 2024
Cygnet – a long track record of poor performance
31 May 2024
SOLOMON HUGHES shines a light on the US privateer that’s failing to provide safe care to vulnerable mental health patients in services that the NHS is paying millions for
Green Party co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay during
Britain / 30 May 2024
‘On the up’: Greens set out their stall on cost-of-living crisis, housing, NHS and water pollution
30 May 2024
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (centre) and shadow health se
Britain / 22 May 2024
‘Wes Streeting’s job is not to enrich private healthcare’
22 May 2024
Campaigners slam Labour’s plans to send NHS staff to private hospitals for treatment
Labour shadow health secretary Wes Streeting in an ambulance
Features / 16 May 2024
Streeting will follow Labour’s well-trodden path 
16 May 2024
LESLIE HUCKFIELD explains how the roots of the shadow health secretary’s affection for the private health sector can be traced back to Patricia Hewitt and her New Labour heyday