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Unite flag
Britain / 10 April 2025
Westminster Labour government must match NHS Scotland pay offer, say Unite
10 April 2025
(left to right) Health Secretary Wes Streeting, Dr James Mar
Britain / 9 April 2025
‘These cuts will place yet more strain on an NHS already creaking at the seams’
9 April 2025
Labour warned that workers expect better as anger mounts over welfare cuts and public-sector pay
Features / 9 April 2025
Is ‘hospital at home’ a solution for the NHS?
9 April 2025
Born from my communist social worker mother’s efforts to bridge healthcare gaps, Labour’s push for home-based care now risks becoming another avenue for the US corporate takeover of the NHS, writes RICHARD CLARKE
a general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 8 April 2025
SNP Scottish government offer inflation-busting pay deal for NHS workers
8 April 2025
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
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Britain / 4 April 2025
Crumbling NHS buildings plagued by rats and other pests, health worker survey warns
4 April 2025
A dentist at work
Britain / 4 April 2025
Dental recovery plan has ‘comprehensively failed’ report warns
4 April 2025
a general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Britain / 2 April 2025
Record low satisfaction with NHS is direct result of political neglect, campaigners warn
2 April 2025
A general view of staff on an NHS hospital ward at Ealing Ho
Britain / 1 April 2025
Health unions urge Cardiff Bay to tackle NHS pay in Wales
1 April 2025
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Britain / 1 April 2025
NHS staff's fury with Labour as pay delay exposes them to cost-of-living crisis
1 April 2025
NHS workers on the picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital,
Britain / 27 March 2025
Nursing jobs at risk under NHS cost-saving exercises, health leaders warn
27 March 2025
A doctor checking a patient's blood pressure at the Temple F
Britain / 27 March 2025
GPs warn of cuts without cash injection
27 March 2025
RESISTANCE: (Top)demonstrators at the University of Californ
Features / 25 March 2025
Palantir CEO Alex Karp thrives on chaos and endless wars
25 March 2025
That should be warning enough to end the company’s contract with the NHS, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
A patient bed on an NHS hospital ward in England
Britain / 24 March 2025
Thousands of hours of surgery time wasted despite soaring waiting lists, Scottish Labour says
24 March 2025
a general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Britain / 21 March 2025
Children left ‘worried and waiting’ for treatment, medics warn
21 March 2025
An empty patient bed on an NHS hospital ward in England
Britain / 20 March 2025
Patient safety put at risk in plans to ship Bassetlaw ICU patients out to Doncaster
20 March 2025
Unite flag
Britain / 18 March 2025
NHS Infectious disease cleaners strike over working conditions and pay
18 March 2025
a general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 18 March 2025
NHS Scotland workers faced over 51,000 violent incidents since 2019
18 March 2025
Keep NHS Public
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
General X-Ray Room in the Emergency Department at the new Ro
Britain / 17 March 2025
Scottish hospitals are relying on decades-old equipment, say Scottish Labour
17 March 2025
hospital ward
Britain / 16 March 2025
Women waiting years for hysterectomies a ‘scandal,’ says Scottish Labour
16 March 2025
A person placing a swab from a Covid 19 lateral flow test in
Features / 15 March 2025
The dangerous confusion over Covid transmission
15 March 2025
The NHS continues to say Covid spreads primarily through ‘droplet and touch’ while the WHO emphasises airborne transmission, meaning vulnerable patients and healthcare workers face unnecessary risks, reports RUTH HUNT
NHS workers on the picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital,
Britain / 14 March 2025
‘This should send shockwaves through the NHS, government, and society’
14 March 2025
RCN warns nurses are leaving the NHS due to shocking levels of racist abuse and understaffing
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
Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a Q&A session after deliv
Editorial: / 13 March 2025
Whose state? Starmer’s speech solves nothing for a country in crisis
13 March 2025
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 11 March 2025
NHS England to cut workforce by half
11 March 2025
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 staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 10 March 2025
NHS pressures and inequalities in care failing stroke patients, report says
10 March 2025
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Britain / 7 March 2025
New report on rebuilding NHS ‘lays bare the truth’ about privatisation, Labour MP says
7 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
21/02/25 of Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray durin
Britain / 7 March 2025
Cut NHS Scotland waiting lists, grow the economy, says Murray
7 March 2025
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 5 March 2025
A&E patients told to soil themselves sparks call for NHS funding ‘to meet need’
5 March 2025
Unison Flag
Britain / 5 March 2025
NHS counsellors being paid at trainee rates voting for potential strikes, Unison says
5 March 2025
A general view of medical equipment on a NHS hospital ward a
Britain / 4 March 2025
Nine in ten nurses and midwives have experienced physical violence at work, research finds
4 March 2025
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 4 March 2025
Energy costs are crippling the NHS
4 March 2025
More than seven in 10 health workers says patients struggling with their bills — a public health crisis ‘that is entirely preventable’
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
Amanda Pritchard, Chief Executive of NHS England speaking at
Britain / 25 February 2025
Campaigners welcome change at top of NHS
25 February 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
A dentist at work
Britain / 21 February 2025
Dentists criticise government NHS plan as not going far enough
21 February 2025
Unison Flag
Britain / 21 February 2025
Manchester specialist NHS staff to relaunch strike over funding and understaffing
21 February 2025
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 21 February 2025
Unite urges SNP to deliver on pledge to cut working week for NHS workers
21 February 2025
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar delivers a speech at Univ
Britain / 21 February 2025
Sarwar repeats claims private sector can help tackle NHS waiting lists
21 February 2025
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 20 February 2025
New winter high for norovirus sparks criticism of Labour's focus on hospital waiting lists
20 February 2025
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 18 February 2025
Health workers call for better pay in the NHS in Wales
18 February 2025
Health Secretary Wes Streeting with Prime Minister Keir Star
Britain / 17 February 2025
Government and NHS boss ‘rewriting history’ on disastrous PFI
17 February 2025
change?
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
Amanda Pritchard
Britain / 14 February 2025
Campaigners blast NHS England boss after she suggests return to failed PFI deals
14 February 2025
Neil gray
Industrial / 14 February 2025
Scottish Health Secretary making little progress on cutting the working week for NHS workers, union warns
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
Victims and campaigners outside Central Hall in Westminster,
Britain / 12 February 2025
Only tiny fraction of infected blood scandal victims have been offered compensation, lawyer warns
12 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 showing signs of m
Britain / 11 February 2025
Health board launches probes into Skye House cruelty allegations
11 February 2025
GP stock photo
Britain / 9 February 2025
‘Angry, demoralised and burnt-out’ GPs retiring early, warns BMA Scotland
9 February 2025
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 7 February 2025
Welsh government slammed for underfunding health education
7 February 2025
First Minister of Scotland John Swinney during his visit to
Britain / 5 February 2025
Waits for heart appointments in Scotland soar to a record high
5 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
A clinical radiologist views results from a scan in the Inte
Britain / 3 February 2025
NHS must ‘urgently embrace’ AI to cope with rising demand, radiologists warns
3 February 2025
A patient bed on an NHS hospital ward in England
Britain / 3 February 2025
Almost one in five has received or witnessed ‘corridor care’, survey finds
3 February 2025