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a general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 15 April 2025
Government urged to move swiftly on NHS pay
15 April 2025
Ambulances outside the Accident and Emergency Department at
Britain / 13 April 2025
Scottish ambulances wait equivalent of 41 years to unload patients
13 April 2025
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
RELIEVING THE STRAIN: Could some version of ‘hospital at h
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
A pharmacist stocking shelves
Britain / 7 April 2025
More than half of A&E patients not given critical medicines, report warns
7 April 2025
An Ambulance
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
A South East Coast Ambulance Service ambulance outside their
Britain / 29 January 2025
GMB survey exposes ‘boys club’ culture at South East Coast Ambulance Service
29 January 2025
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Britain / 29 January 2025
Welsh government's handling of the NHS attacked by nurses and Senedd committee
29 January 2025
Unison flags
Britain / 27 January 2025
NHS workers and patients nee more than Swinney's ‘jam tomorrow’, union warns
27 January 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 general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 22 January 2025
Health workers urge MPs to kickstart pay talks
22 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 Northern Belle train crosses the Chirk Viadcut in Wrexha
Britain / 21 January 2025
Fractious Senedd quizzes First Minister on rail funding and Welsh NHS
21 January 2025
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 20 January 2025
Scottish NHS spent over £900m on temps in five years
20 January 2025
The hand of a patient grips the rail of a hospital bed in th
Britain / 16 January 2025
Patients dying in hospital corridors are going undiscovered for hours, RCN report reveals
16 January 2025
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Britain / 14 January 2025
Plaid Cymru detail plan to reduce Welsh NHS waiting lists
14 January 2025
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 14 January 2025
Cancer patients experiencing ‘unacceptably long waits’ in Wales
14 January 2025
First Minister John Swinney during his visit to NHS 24 call
Britain / 13 January 2025
First Minister spends the night in A&E to observe ongoing crisis
13 January 2025
Dentist Lafayett Zapata Montero / Creative Commons
Britain / 12 January 2025
Lack of dental care in Scotland preventing detection of other ailments
12 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
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Britain / 10 January 2025
NHS Scotland needs to increase treatment by 20 per cent to clear waiting list backlog
10 January 2025
A dentist at work
Britain / 10 January 2025
Dentists handed real-terms pay cut
10 January 2025
A general view of medical equipment on a NHS hospital ward a
Britain / 10 January 2025
Cancer patients are waiting longer for assessment and treatment because of recruitment freezes, says new report
10 January 2025
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Britain / 9 January 2025
Health workers key to restoring NHS, says Unison
9 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
(Left to right) Alexander Page (Tony's son), NHS patient Ton
Britain / 8 January 2025
Starmer handed petition to properly fund NHS dentistry signed by quarter of a million people
8 January 2025
An Accident and Emergency sign
Britain / 8 January 2025
‘Lessons from Covid have not been learned’ as flu cases see 50-hour waits and critical incidents spread across NHS
8 January 2025
A woman's hand pressing keys of a laptop keyboard
Britain / 7 January 2025
Concerns over tech consultancy with NHS contracts simultaneously developing drone AI
7 January 2025
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Britain / 7 January 2025
Opposition leaders in Wales say efforts to improve NHS performances are failing
7 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
A woman looking at matter under a microscope, as irregular s
Britain / 6 January 2025
Woman is cancer-free after undergoing UK's first liver transplant for advanced bowel cancer
6 January 2025
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 5 January 2025
Investment in NHS staff will make more of a difference to waiting lists than app upgrades, campaigners warn
5 January 2025
A dentist at work
Britain / 5 January 2025
Four in ten registered with a dentist in Scotland have not seen one in two years, figures show
5 January 2025
Flu pic Kelly Sikkema / Creative Commons
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
A dentist at work
Britain / 30 December 2024
Ministers ‘passively’ watching dentistry patients suffer, Toothless in England say
30 December 2024
NHS
Britain / 30 December 2024
Long waiting lists for NHS weight loss services ‘driving unsafe buying of jabs’
30 December 2024
Unison
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
An Accident and Emergency sign
Britain / 24 December 2024
Labour accuses SNP of A&E ‘negligence’
24 December 2024
13 - small boat migrants
Aw That / 21 December 2024
Let’s make the uncounted millions count
21 December 2024
Through hospital windows and news bulletins, personal loss opens a window onto the world’s wider suffering as the season, and the year itself, reminds us all why class solidarity matters now more than ever, writes MATT KERR
A view of parking charges at Buckland Hospital in Dover, Ken
Britain / 21 December 2024
Hospital staff paid £70.5 million to park at work in 2023-24
21 December 2024
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Features / 20 December 2024
Time to scrap the NHS pay review con
20 December 2024
Labour promised change but delivers the same tired formula while private firms pocket millions and staff exodus continues — now workers must lead the fightback through their unions, writes IAIN MOONEY
Unison flag
Britain / 19 December 2024
Healthcare workers call off strikes after winning £2,000 pay boost
19 December 2024
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 19 December 2024
Flu hospitalisations surge
19 December 2024
Fighting for the future of Liverpool Women’s Hospital
Features / 19 December 2024
Fighting for the future of Liverpool Women’s Hospital
19 December 2024
Speaking to ELIZABETH SHORT, local campaigners explain why the murky plans for profit-driven ‘reform’ and the convoluted relocation of services at Europe’s largest women’s hospital need to be resisted
Unison Flag
Britain / 18 December 2024
Ambulance workers to lobby MPs to save emergency call centre
18 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