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Mel Stride’s comments follow Rishi Sunak being accused of attempting to cover up actions of senior MPsUK politics live – latest updatesThe government has “absolutely nothing to hide” from the Covid inquiry and intends to be “absolutely transparent”, a …
Health secretary says projects instead involve ‘a range of things’ including new wings and refurbishmentsThe health secretary has admitted the government is not building 40 new hospitals by 2030, as long promised, but said the projects involved “a rang…
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 …
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…
Proposal is part of government’s plan to reduce waiting lists, but experts say choice is already available Patients waiting for NHS care will be encouraged to use the health service’s app to book their operation at a private hospital under government p…
Private provider criticised for uprooting more than 60 vulnerable children, with some transferred from south-east England to ScotlandThe trade body that oversees children’s care homes has taken the unprecedented step of publicly berating a major privat…
BMA says consultant pay has declined by 35% since 2008-9Senior doctors in England are to vote on whether to strike amid the continued row over pay in healthcare, as teachers’ unions also plan to hold a ballot for industrial action.The ballot will open …
Ward closures and flooding in dilapidated buildings in Epsom as one of 40 new hospitals pledged remains unbuiltWhere are the Tories’ promised 40-new-hospitals? We cannot afford to wait any morePatients, doctors and nurses are enduring constant ward clo…
Two-year study by Nuffield Trust and LSE says successive governments failed to make social care a priorityDistress and heartbreak for millions could have been avoided if the government had not missed opportunities to prepare social care for a pandemic,…
NHS Confederation’s mental health network says patient safety will be ‘put at direct risk’ by strikeLeaders of specialist NHS mental health trusts are warning that patients will be at risk of self-harm or suicide as a result of next week’s nurses’ stri…