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Health professionals, renters, and campaigners protest outside the Department of Health and Social Care, demanding urgent government funding for home insulation, May 28, 2025
Healthcare / 28 May 2025
Health workers and campaigners demand funding for home insulation to end NHS pressures
28 May 2025
A patient bed on an NHS hospital ward in England, January 2023
Healthcare / 28 May 2025
Watchdog calls for better governance at NHS Scotland
28 May 2025
Staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London, January 18, 2023
Healthcare / 27 May 2025
Frailty of older patients not being assessed in majority of hospitals, finds royal college
27 May 2025
Junior doctors protest opposite Downing Street, London, during their continuing dispute over pay, June 27, 2024
Healthcare / 27 May 2025
Resident doctors start receiving ballots for industrial action
27 May 2025
TREACHERY FORGOTTEN: John Woodcock, seen here in 2015, betrayed Labour under Corbyn. Now that the right is back in charge, he is welcome to schmooze Labour MPs for Ramsay Healthcare
Features / 23 May 2025
Ramsay [private] Healthcare UK greases the wheels
23 May 2025

SOLOMON HUGHES details how the firm has quickly moved on to buttering-up Labour MPs after the fall of the Tories so it can continue to ‘win both ways’ collecting public and private cash by undermining the NHS

Campaigners, including many who are personally infected and
Infected Blood Inquiry / 19 May 2025
NHS announces plans to find more infected blood victims
19 May 2025
A general view of dentist at work
NHS / 16 May 2025
Government study could help save NHS dentistry - but only if Treasury coughs up
16 May 2025
Health Secretary Wes Streeting with Prime Minister Keir Star
NHS / 15 May 2025
Waiting list blow to Streeting
15 May 2025
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks with the media at the Rolls-Royce factory in Derby, following the announcement from the Office for National Statistics that the UK economy grew by 0.7% between January and March, May 15, 2025
Editorial: / 15 May 2025
Sustained growth needs a shift in policy
15 May 2025
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Healthcare / 15 May 2025
Unite and Unison NHS workers in Scotland agree 8% pay deal
15 May 2025
Workers' Rights / 13 May 2025
Norfolk and Suffolk counsellors walk out during Mental Health Awareness Week
13 May 2025
[Pic: Camila Quintero Franco / Creative Commons]
Justice / 12 May 2025
Mental health of domestic abuse victims must be key priority for government, says charity
12 May 2025
NHS Crisis / 13 May 2025
Soaring numbers of mental health patients waiting days in A&E, warns nursing union
13 May 2025
NHS workers on the picket line St Thomas' Hospital, London, head of a march from the hospital to Trafalgar Square, as members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the Unite union continue their strike action in a dispute over pay, May 1, 2023
Workers' Rights / 12 May 2025
Nurses hint at escalation if profession is left ‘ailing and underpaid’
12 May 2025
Staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London, January 18, 2023
Health Service / 9 May 2025
NHS plans cuts to jobs and services to avoid £6.6bn deficit
9 May 2025
Britain / 7 May 2025
Private autism and ADHD providers costing ICB 'three times more' than NHS, report finds
7 May 2025
An Accident and Emergency sign
Britain / 6 May 2025
Doctors warn of ‘threat to patient safety’ over elderly people stuck in A&E
6 May 2025
A stethoscope on top of patient's files at a GP Practice nea
Britain / 2 May 2025
Most Brits do not want AI to replace doctors, poll finds
2 May 2025
A general view of medical equipment on a NHS hospital ward a
Britain / 29 April 2025
NHS outsourcing fuels inequality and longer waits, study shows
29 April 2025
The hand of a patient grips the rail of a hospital bed in th
Britain / 29 April 2025
Health unions in Wales unite to end corridor care in hospitals
29 April 2025
Staff on a NHS hospital ward. Photo: Jeff Moore/PA
NHS / 23 April 2025
Not enough NHS staff to ensure safe care for maternity patients or those recovering from injury or illness
23 April 2025

'These figures should be a wake-up call'

Britain / 22 April 2025
GPs in poorer areas paid £5,525 less a year
22 April 2025
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
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
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: Demonstrators at the University of California, B
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
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
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
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
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
Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray during his speech
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
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 a
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
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
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
WARNED: SNP's 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
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
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
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
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
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 / 30 December 2024
Ministers ‘passively’ watching dentistry patients suffer, Toothless in England say
30 December 2024
Britain / 30 December 2024
Long waiting lists for NHS weight loss services ‘driving unsafe buying of jabs’
30 December 2024
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
DESPERATE: A group of refugees cross a beach in Kent after b
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 H
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
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
Campaigners march in 2023, warning that the plans to change
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
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
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
Features / 11 December 2024
A hidden Long Covid crisis is blighting Britain
11 December 2024
LOUISE RAW speaks to Long Covid sufferer Sam Williams and others who feel let down by a state that ignores their debilitating illness
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
Health Secretary Wes Streeting
Britain / 8 December 2024
Streeting challenged by nursing leaders over plans to address NHS staffing crisis
8 December 2024
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Britain / 6 December 2024
Hospitals haunted by £44bn in PFI debts
6 December 2024
Minister for Health and Social Care Neil Gray during First M
Britain / 6 December 2024
Budget will deliver faster NHS service, claims health secretary
6 December 2024
An Accident and Emergency sign
Britain / 5 December 2024
Elderly man dies after waiting 52 hours in A&E as hospitals ‘busier than ever’
5 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
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Britain / 3 December 2024
Watchdog savages Scottish NHS leadership ahead of Budget
3 December 2024
Britain / 2 December 2024
Striking NHS workers conclude four-day strike by marching to ISS headquarters
2 December 2024
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Britain / 2 December 2024
Nurses and midwives warn of looming staff crisis
2 December 2024
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Britain / 29 November 2024
Half of patients waiting for hospital treatment are under care of same NHS trusts
29 November 2024
Britain / 29 November 2024
Hospital workers strike amid claims of bullying and harassment
29 November 2024
A doctor checking a patient's blood pressure at the Temple F
Britain / 29 November 2024
GPs call for ‘rescue’ in Scottish budget
29 November 2024
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Britain / 28 November 2024
Scottish NHS lagging behind England in Covid recovery
28 November 2024
The Accident & Emergency entrance at the Royal Liverpool Uni
Britain / 27 November 2024
Health workers welcome Welsh government review of ambulance response targets
27 November 2024
Britain / 26 November 2024
Unison healthcare support workers announce strike days
26 November 2024
A general view of medical equipment on a NHS hospital ward a
Editorial: / 26 November 2024
Unions are right: the NHS pay review body should bite the dust
26 November 2024
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Britain / 26 November 2024
Unison, Unite and RCN urge government to ditch ‘broken’ PRBs for direct NHS pay talks
26 November 2024
Britain / 25 November 2024
Essex and Suffolk health staff launch three-week strike to stay in the NHS
25 November 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
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 22 November 2024
‘Lack of staff voice’ in the NHS as more experts rubbish Streeting's ‘bullying’ reforms
22 November 2024
Former health secretary Matt Hancock arrives to give evidenc
Britain / 21 November 2024
Hancock abandoned NHS staff during Covid, says Unison
21 November 2024
Captain Sir Tom Moore's daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore during
Britain / 21 November 2024
Captain Tom's family reaped ‘significant personal benefit’ by misleading public, Charity Commission says
21 November 2024
A doctor holding a stethoscope
Britain / 21 November 2024
Junior doctors in Scotland accept 11 per cent pay deal
21 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
A stethoscope on top of patient's files at a GP Practice nea
Britain / 19 November 2024
Plaid promise to improve NHS performance in Wales
19 November 2024
UNFAIRLY TARGETED: A support group protests before the publi
Features / 19 November 2024
League tables are a weapon for NHS privatisation
19 November 2024
The Stafford Hospital scandal’s false mortality statistics led to devastating service cuts despite evidence disproving the whole debacle, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE, warning of similar threats under Labour’s new plans for league tables
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
Campaigners from the Merseyside Pensioners Association and R
Britain / 13 November 2024
Pensioners protest Americanisation of NHS and downskilling of staff
13 November 2024
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (right) and Health
Britain / 13 November 2024
Streeting threats to sack NHS managers carry ‘significant risk of unintended consequences’
13 November 2024
Britain / 12 November 2024
Labour facing almost certain failure to cut NHS waiting lists to 18 weeks, bosses warn
12 November 2024
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 11 November 2024
Welsh government launches 50-day challenge to improve hospital discharge and community care
11 November 2024
NHS workers on the picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital,
Britain / 11 November 2024
Nurse shortages creating ‘perfect storm’ in NHS
11 November 2024
NHS workers on the picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital,
Britain / 7 November 2024
Nursing leaders warn mental health reforms will fail without more staffing
7 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
A dentist at work
Britain / 5 November 2024
Failure to invest in NHS dentistry has led to rise in scammers ‘preying’ on desperate patients
5 November 2024
Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on the picket
Britain / 5 November 2024
RCN Wales survey shows NHS nursing vacancies hit 2000
5 November 2024
A midwife talking to a pregnant woman
Britain / 5 November 2024
Increased tuition fees will fuel midwife staffing crisis, RCM warns
5 November 2024
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hos
Britain / 4 November 2024
RCN Wales reject 5.5% pay increase
4 November 2024
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 leaves 11 Downing
Britain / 30 October 2024
The Budget: Reeves dodges tough calls to calm City
30 October 2024
‘Labour’s plans to spend more on the NHS, schools and housing welcome. But budget falls far short of what a real government for workers should do’
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
First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan speaks during the Labo
Britain / 25 October 2024
Welsh government accused of ‘digital divide’ in NHS data rules
25 October 2024
General view of signage for Southampton General Hospital, pa
Britain / 25 October 2024
Hospital porters who report ‘appalling levels of bullying and harassment’ launch strike ballot
25 October 2024
Mr Anastasios Giamouriadis, a consultant neurosurgeon at NHS
Britain / 25 October 2024
NHS Grampian neurosurgeon pioneers surgery to remove brain tumors
25 October 2024
GETTING THE PULSE? Keir Starmer, and Health Secretary Wes St
Features / 25 October 2024
The NHS - A manifesto for renewal
25 October 2024
FAWZI IBRAHIM argues that the NHS needs reforms to bring it back to its original tenets and outlines five fundamental changes that are critical to achieving this
An elderly lady adjusting her thermostat on at home in Liver
Britain / 24 October 2024
Britain's most vulnerable facing fuel poverty ‘public health emergency,’ health workers tell government
24 October 2024
Britain / 24 October 2024
London NHS Trust to stand trial for manslaughter of mental health inpatient
24 October 2024
Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) and Health Secretary, Wes
Britain / 23 October 2024
Streeting reverses stance on assisted dying as NHS ‘not good enough’ to provide real choice
23 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
A general view of medical equipment on a NHS hospital ward a
Britain / 21 October 2024
Concerns raised about privacy and data protection as patient records to be available across NHS
21 October 2024