Doctors and MPs urge more scrutiny of £300m deal for company behind system used by most GPs in EnglandA US private equity firm will take control of NHS patient records in a deal experts say should “ring alarm bells” amid...
Read MoreNHS bosses giving evidence to public accounts committee admit current position is unacceptableGPs in England are so “overloaded” that they cannot help older people who are at risk of falling in what NHS bosses accept is an...
Read MoreDriver reportedly checked with base and was told to continue when GPS directed van on to Essex mudflatsPeople thought they were looking at an AI image: an Amazon van half-submerged at the mouth of the Thames estuary where it...
Read MoreCalls grow for reform of England’s vaccination system including delivery of jabs in pharmacies as take-up fallsChildren are at risk of measles because the NHS is “clearly failing” to ensure they get the MMR vaccine and its...
Read MoreDoctors told to consider a second opinion or order more tests if a patient has three appointments but no diagnosisMillions of patients in England will this week be urged to ask their GP to think again if they have not had a...
Read MoreHealth secretary responds to speech given by GP committee leader accusing Labour of ‘gaslighting’ behaviourWes Streeting has accused the British Medical Association (BMA) of being “impossible” and issuing “misleading”...
Read MoreExclusive: Royal College of GPs chair says surgeries desperate to hire more doctors but lack funding to do soGPs can no longer guarantee safe care for millions of patients because of a dangerous shortage of medics, Britain’s top...
Read MoreDoctors’ union says GPs will be overwhelmed by ‘triage tsunami’ and gives ministers 48 hours to take measuresGPs in England are threatening to take action over government plans to increase patients’ online access to appointments...
Read MoreBritain is now a poorer country, with stagnant growth. In this pay climate, the doctors are in danger of seeing public support ebb awayGood news and bad news for the NHS this week. Waiting lists are falling a bit faster: May’s...
Read MoreDeprived and coastal areas to get extra cash this year for staff and resources in effort to improve health outcomesEngland’s poorest areas will get billions in extra health funding under new government plans to tackle stark...
Read MoreFrom the phallus on a Welsh hillside, to a huge portrait of Chappell Roan, these Strava runners, riders and skaters have been busy … In 2013, I was in the worst shape of my life. Though I functioned well day to day, I was a...
Read MoreExclusive: Health secretary to defend NIC rise and challenge Reform on how it would fund NHS reformsWes Streeting will launch a vocal defence of the party’s tax rises on Tuesday, pledging an extra 8.3m GP appointments to “end...
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