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Health secretary says too many people are being ‘written off’ and that is driving ministers’ changes to welfareThe health secretary, Wes Streeting, has said he believes there is an “overdiagnosis” of some mental health conditions as well as “too many p…
Loss of staff will be at least twice as big as thought, as new NHS England chief tells regional boards to cut costs by 50%The jobs cull from the government’s radical restructuring of the NHS will be at least twice as big as previously thought, with oth…
Health secretary consistently rejected notion of axing NHS England on the basis of legal challenge he must now tackleSince Labour won power last July, Keir Starmer has repeatedly affirmed his deep affection for the NHS, close family ties to it, intenti…
Changes proposed by health secretary predicted to save as much as £500m but could be distraction for ministersWes Streeting has ordered a “high-stakes” reorganisation of the NHS that will scrap 10,000 jobs in an attempt to free up cash for frontline ca…
We look at what the organisation does, after Keir Starmer’s attack on ‘two layers of bureaucracy’UK politics live – latest updatesNHS England will be abolished to “cut bureaucracy” and to bring management of the health service “back into democratic con…
Health secretary says end of ‘biggest quango in world’ is final nail in coffin of Andrew Lansley’s 2012 reorganisationUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has brought the health service back under the control of ministers by abolishing NHS Eng…
Suggestion he pressured MHRA to approve ventilators for NHS is ‘ludicrous’, former minister says Continue reading…
Scientific triumphs were made in the battle against the pandemic, but the memories and lessons are already in danger of being lostOn 9 March 2020, Martin Landray was studying the likely impact of Covid-19 as it started to sweep Britain. What was needed…
Inquiry looks at contracts worth £50m awarded to company linked to Lord Chadlington after he emailed DHSC adviserA Conservative peer introduced a company he was involved in to the government to supply PPE after he first contacted David Cameron by text …
New method reported to cut number of false positives by 87% has been registered with regulator for approvalA new swab test could help hundreds of thousands of women a year in the UK who may have womb cancer avoid having an often painful invasive proced…