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NHS crisis
The hand of a patient grips the rail of a hospital bed
NHS Crisis / 2 September 2026
Most nurses have given end-of-life care in corridor, survey finds
2 September 2026
First Minister of Scotland John Swinney during a visit to biotech company Ingenza, at the inGenius Building, Edinburgh Technopole, in Milton Bridge, Edinburgh, August 31, 2026
Austerity / 2 September 2026
Unions round on Swinney's NHS ‘slash and burn’ programme
2 September 2026
[Pic: Danie Franco / Creative Commons]
Healthcare / 2 September 2026
NHS shake-up will ‘mean nothing’ to those waiting on care, pensioners warn
2 September 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
NHS Crisis / 1 September 2026
Delayed discharges reach new high in Scotland
1 September 2026
Intensive care nurse Juliannah Adewumi, 70, on the picket line outside University College Hospital, London, ahead of a march from the hospital to Trafalgar Square, May 1, 2023
Workers' Rights / 27 August 2026
Nursing graduates facing ‘unacceptable barriers’ to joining the workforce, union warns
27 August 2026
First Minister John Swinney with medical staff during a visit to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow for the announcement of additional funding for Scotland's National Health Service, November 3, 2025
Scotland / 25 August 2026
SNP ‘in denial’ of NHS waiting lists, Scottish Labour says
25 August 2026
People take part in a ‘March with Midwives’ in central London to highlight the crisis in maternity services, November 21, 2021
NHS Crisis / 25 August 2026
Welsh midwives express disbelief that 63 newly qualified midwives are jobless
25 August 2026
Unison members outside Oldham hospital, greater Manchester, August 24, 2026 [Pic: Neil Terry]
Workers' Rights / 24 August 2026
Unison blames NHS trust for declaring critical incident during strikes
24 August 2026
Workers' Rights / 24 August 2026
Strikes escalate over ‘two-tier workforce’ at NHS trust
24 August 2026
Mental Health [Pic: Joice Kelly / Creative Commons]
NHS / 25 August 2026
Mental health workers ‘firefighting’ amid staffing issues and more complex cases
25 August 2026
Yann Trupiano and Kimberley Newark at home in Brighton, who's baby girl Olivia died in September 2024
NHS / 17 August 2026
Grieving parents concerned as maternity services told to improve again
17 August 2026
Staff members in a corridor in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) in St George's Hospital in Tooting, south-west London, January 2021
NHS Crisis / 13 August 2026
Corridor care remains at two-month high as NHS faces summer surge from heatwaves
13 August 2026
Doctor
NHS Crisis / 13 August 2026
Four in 10 doctors ‘struggle to provide sufficient care at least once a week’
13 August 2026
GMB pic
Workers' Rights / 30 July 2026
Staff at Kingston and Richmond NHS Trust stage strike over payment issues
30 July 2026
Ambulances waiting at an Emergency Department (A&E) at the R
NHS Crisis / 30 July 2026
Elderly twice as likely to wait more than 12 hours in A&E
30 July 2026
Scottish First Minister John Swinney during his visit to mental health charity The Lighthouse for Perth, in Perthshire, for an announcement on funding to enhance emergency mental health support services, February 18, 2026
Healthcare / 30 July 2026
Scottish health and social care integration ‘failing’ mental patients, warn medics
30 July 2026
First Minister John Swinney with orthopedic technician Stuart Main during a visit to National Treatment Centre - Fife Orthopaedics in Kirkcaldy, where he announced funding to reduce long waits for NHS treatment, July 27, 2026
SNP / 28 July 2026
Cutting long NHS waits will be his government’s legacy, says Swinney
28 July 2026
A registration form and a stethoscope at the Temple Fortune Health Centre GP Practice near Golders Green, London
Privatisation / 27 July 2026
Control of NHS patient records handed to US private equity firm in £300m deal
27 July 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham (centre) during a National Economic Council meeting at No 10 North, located in Heron House, central Manchester. Mr Burnham has said No 10 North is
Politics / 27 July 2026
National care service now!
27 July 2026

Burnham urged to create publicly-provided national care service before the end of the parliament, and to keep his promise to ditch neoliberalism

An Accident and Emergency sign, May 21, 2013
NHS Crisis / 22 July 2026
Ministers urged to tackle ‘national scandal’ of A&E waits
22 July 2026
The hand of a patient grips the rail of a hospital bed
Corridor Care / 22 July 2026
Recent governments have taken their eye off the ball on delayed discharges, Age UK warns
22 July 2026
Health Secretary James Murray during a visit to Watford General Hospital in Hertfordshire where he saw how, the hospital which was near the bottom of the league tables three years ago and corridor care had become normalised, now is consistently within the top 10 NHS Trusts in the country for A&E waiting times and have eliminated corridor care, July 9, 2026
Healthcare / 9 July 2026
More than 3,000 people a day treated in corridors in June as summer strains NHS
9 July 2026
Health workers form a blockade in Soho Square during a protest outside the London headquarters of US tech giant Palantir, December 21, 2023
Big Tech / 9 July 2026
Health Committee urges government to cut ties with Palantir
9 July 2026
Health Service / 6 July 2026
Patients let down by ambulance waits, say Scottish Labour
6 July 2026