Health secretary accused of talking ‘utter nonsense’ about private sector’s ability to help cut NHS waiting timesWes Streeting has defended the growing use of the private sector to help tackle long waiting...
Read MorePM has promised that 92% of patients waiting for planned care in England will once again be treated within 18 weeksIn Monday’s big NHS speech, Keir Starmer promised that by spring 2029 92% of patients waiting for planned...
Read MoreCommittee chair Layla Moran says doctors’ concerns about potential impact on vulnerable patients must be heededIt would be “foolish” for the government not to heed warnings from doctors about palliative care as...
Read MoreSeveral MPs preparing to suggest amendments on key concerns including coercion and role of medicsUp to 30 MPs who backed assisted dying could withdraw support at the next parliamentary vote, MPs have said, as several prepare to...
Read MoreDangerous practice was supposed to be phased out but new data reveals thousands of incidents every yearMental health patients are being pinned face down by staff thousands of times a year, despite ministers and health experts...
Read MoreUnderinvestment has led to crumbling infrastructure in schools, hospitals and courts, Guardian study shows‘Our school has been homeless for two years’More than 1.5 million children are studying in dilapidated school...
Read MoreLeaders in health service should be able to bring in reforms to cut huge waiting times, says charity founderThe NHS is at risk of paralysis while it waits for Wes Streeting’s 10-year plan for reform and needs to be...
Read MoreBarrage of gambling adverts likely to exacerbate addiction, as NHS in England doubles number of clinics to meet demandThe “barrage” of betting advertisements around Boxing Day sporting fixtures will exacerbate...
Read MoreHospices struggling with increases to wages and NICs say cash is ringfenced and will not ease day-to-day pressuresUK politics live – latest updatesHospices in England are to receive a £100m-plus boost to funding amid...
Read MoreThe health secretary says the emergency ban on the sale and supply of puberty blockers to under-18s will be made indefiniteThere will be two government statements in the Commons after PMQs.At 12.30pm Yvette Cooper, the home...
Read MoreThe ‘King Kong of weight loss drugs’ will be available on the NHS but only patients with most need will get itMounjaro, known as the “King Kong of weight loss drugs”, will be available to patients on the...
Read MorePrime minister says problems in health, housing and education will take years to rebuild• UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has told voters not to expect rapid public service improvements as he seeks to...
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