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Health experts and MPs criticise Steve Barclay’s delays to some projects and failure to offer sufficient fundingMinisters have admitted eight of the “40 new hospitals” they pledged to build by 2030 will be delayed into the next decade, leading to claim…
Exclusive: Delay to key pledge of last Conservative manifesto likely to anger MPs who wanted action before next electionUK politics live – latest updatesThe health secretary is set to signal a major delay to one of the headline promises in the last Con…
Data prompts speculation NHS inability to cut waiting lists could make private healthcare ‘new normal’Record numbers of people are paying for private healthcare, spending up to £3,200 on having a cataract removed and £15,075 on a new hip, amid growing …
Problem drinking in England costs NHS £25bn a year, with deaths nearly doubling in two decades, Commons committee warnsThe government’s failure to tackle alcohol harm in England has led to a serious public health crisis affecting millions of people, MP…
British Dental Association warns of exodus of dentists, with millions of patients struggling to get checkupsRishi Sunak is under pressure over his claims about the state of dentistry as figures reveal that the number of active NHS dentists in England i…
Exclusive: Guardian/BMJ investigation finds 35,600 incidents of violence and harassment, but researchers say 100,000 more are missingMore than 100,000 incidents of sexual violence and misconduct in NHS hospitals in England are not being recorded and in…
Exclusive: Allegations across 212 hospital trusts in England include claims of rape, sexual assault and stalkingThousands of hospital staff are reporting claims of sexual assaults and harassment by patients, an investigation has found, prompting calls …
Family of Rachel Rose Gibson believe she had heart attack at home five minutes from hospital in WrexhamA 58-year-old woman died alone curled up in a blanket on the floor of her bedroom as she waited more than five hours for an ambulance.Relatives of Ra…
BMA announces 72-hour stoppage from 14 to 17 June, after talks with ministers fail to resolve pay disputeJunior doctors in England will stage a fresh strike for three days next month after negotiations with ministers failed to resolve their pay dispute…
Party leader denied accusations that his planned health reforms were not fundedUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has signalled that a Labour government would pump more funding into the NHS in England as he outlined his plans to make the hea…