Health secretary says government has been preparing early and will spend money on ambulances and A&E upgradesThe NHS faces a more challenging winter than normal, the health secretary has warned, as she announced a £140m...
Read MoreRegulator says poll cited by Virginia McVea in move to strip rescue officers of pay did not sufficiently back up her claimThe head of the UK coastguard agency is facing calls to resign after she was found to have used unverified...
Read MoreFOI request shows wildfire risk scheme scrapped, as survey highlights many fire services lack proper protective gearThe government quietly scrapped plans to prepare the countryside in England for wildfires, it has been revealed....
Read MoreExclusive: Bridget Phillipson’s comments show her party feels voters have been alienated by Reform net zero attacksRichard Tice should apologise to firefighters for his comments this week urging British people to “enjoy” this...
Read MoreForce has seen busiest month in its history, with heatwaves putting added strain on criminal justice systemOn England’s hottest day of the year so far, Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester was thronging with pedestrians, many...
Read MoreDevices will vibrate and make a siren sound for 10 seconds at 3pm, with message confirming alert is a testMillions of mobile phones will vibrate and make a siren sound across the UK on Sunday afternoon during a test of a...
Read MoreDevices will vibrate and make a siren sound for 10 seconds at 3pm, with message confirming alert is a testMillions of mobile phones will vibrate and make a siren sound across the UK on Sunday afternoon during a test of a...
Read MoreMove is part of £450m Wes Streeting plan to tackle long delays and end hospital overcrowding Hundreds of thousands of patients needing urgent medical help will be treated in settings other than A&E as part of a drive to cut...
Read MoreExclusive: National Fire Chiefs Council warns of pressures, with callouts up 20% in a decade as firefighter numbers fallFire stations in England are “falling apart”, fire chiefs have warned, with funding plummeting by an...
Read MoreExclusive: paramedics unable to respond to 100,000 calls a month as they wait to hand over patients‘It feels like a war zone’ – exhausted ambulance service workers tell their storiesParamedics in England are unable to respond to...
Read MoreExclusive: 414,137 people believed to have experienced some level of harm in last year, Guardian analysis findsMore than 1,000 patients a day in England are suffering “potential harm” because of ambulance handover delays, the...
Read MoreAward given to next of kin of more than 30 public servants after campaign by fathers of murdered police officersMore than 30 former firefighters, police officers and other public servants who died in the line of duty have become...
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