Exclusive: Failure to do so would betray working-class people, shadow health secretary saysWes Streeting has defended Labour’s plans to use the private sector to help cut the NHS care backlog, arguing that a failure to do...
Read MoreShadow health secretary says quicker treatment to stop working class families being left behind is more important than ideology“Middle-class lefties” will not stop a Labour government from using private hospitals to...
Read MoreMonthly increase of 0.2% after surge in high street and online spending offers relief for government A surge in high street and online spending helped Britain’s economy return to growth in January, boosting hopes that the...
Read More‘Real and serious problems’ in UK medical homecare sector going unaddressed due to failures in regulation, damning review saysPrivate healthcare companies are harming NHS patients in their own homes by failing to...
Read MoreHealth secretary says ‘every available resource’ must be used to help patients access diagnosis and treatment fasterMore private and third sector providers should be used by the NHS to help cut post-Covid waiting...
Read MoreFormer PM says service needs radical reform, including pointing patients to private healthcare offersThe NHS must undergo radical change or it will continue to decline and lose public support, Tony Blair has argued on the...
Read MoreMove follows Guardian investigation of botched, delayed or missed deliveries by homecare medicine provider SciensusPeers are launching an inquiry into private health companies paid millions of pounds to courier NHS medicines in...
Read MoreProposal 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...
Read MorePrivate 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...
Read MoreStaff warn vulnerable children may be harmed as they struggle to find placements after 28 homes given deadline to shut by chainOne of the UK’s largest for-profit care chains has been accused of failing dozens of vulnerable...
Read MoreCampaigners say underinvestment in NHS is forcing patients to seek private treatment if they can afford itOne in eight Britons have paid for private health services in the last year, amid frustration with delays in getting NHS...
Read MoreGoFundMe reports doubling in number of medical appeals mentioning ‘go private’ or ‘privately’ since before CovidThe number of Britons crowdfunding for private medical care has soared since the Covid-19...
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