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Emergency help should be available, but some being forced to travel 100 miles or go private, says Healthwatch EnglandPeople needing emergency dental care in England are being denied help from the NHS despite guidance saying that it should be available,…
Exclusive: Analysis of NHS data shows rise in patients ‘stranded’ in beds as flu crisis hits and resident doctors’ strikes loomHospitals in England face dangerous overcrowding this winter because even more patients than last year are “stranded” in a be…
Health secretary wrote to Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, urging her to ‘take heat and ideology’ out of debateThe health secretary, Wes Streeting, has called on the Conservatives to maintain the cross-party consensus on gender identity services buil…
Rate rises by 19% compared with 2020, prompting fresh concerns about NHS maternity careThe risk of women in England suffering severe bleeding after giving birth has risen to its highest level for five years, prompting fresh concern about NHS maternity …
Exclusive: PM’s outspoken attack on stoppages planned for 17-22 December risks inflaming tensions with medicsKeir Starmer: Resident doctors, a fair deal is on the table. Please do not strike at this moment of crisis for the NHSKeir Starmer has said it …
Mark Rowley says capital is a safe city, and claims of no-go areas are ‘completely false’Members of the House of Lords have proposed “totally unnecessary” and “very cruel” amendments to the assisted dying bill in a bid to scupper it, Kim Leadbeater, th…
Health secretary urges resident doctors to accept pay offer as he warns of pressures on health service from flu cases Wes Streeting has told resident doctors that strikes and a jump in flu cases over the Christmas period could be “the Jenga piece” that…
Health secretary announces investigation into Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys trust that has seen young patients take their own livesA public inquiry will be held into the failures of a north-east NHS foundation after the deaths of several patients, Wes Str…
Hospitals treating record numbers of flu patients but worst is yet to come as medical bosses urge people to get vaccinatedThe NHS is bracing for its worst ever winter crisis in the next fortnight because of a worsening “flu-nami” that has left hospital…
Sandie Peggie won harassment claim against NHS Fife but tribunal dismissed claims of discrimination and victimisationSandie Peggie, the Fife nurse who was suspended after she complained about sharing a female changing room with a transgender doctor, wi…