The Latest Breaking News from National Health Service

Nicola Sturgeon: NHS founding principles ‘not up for discussion’

The minutes of a meeting leaked to the BBC showed discussions over a ‘two-tier’ health system system.

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2022

Calls to sack Yousaf over nurse strikes are 'political games', says Nicola Sturgeon

OPPOSITION parties are playing "political" games with their calls to sack Scotland's Health Secretary, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 14, 2022

UK healthcare workers and teachers to vote on strikes

More than half a million healthcare workers and teachers in Britain will be given a vote on strike action over pay, unions said on Thursday, adding to the challenges facing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as he tries to get to grips with an economic crisis.

Reuters · Oct 27, 2022

Three Time’s A Charm For Desperate Woman Who Pulled Her Teeth

After her first infected tooth caused her pain in March 2020, she resorted to desperate measures when the pain became unbearable.

Zenger · Aug 15, 2022

While Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss play to the gallery, the NHS is breaking apart

When Maria Caulfield, the junior health minister, replied to an urgent question in the House of Commons by Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, on the ambulance crisis, she said she did not want to play politics with the National Health Service. It is a lovely thought but wholly naïve.…

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2022

Britain's health service facing worst staffing crisis, say lawmakers

Britain's state-run National Health Service (NHS) is facing its worst ever staffing crisis with thousands of vacancies and the government has no credible strategy to address the problem, a committee of lawmakers said in a report published on Monday.

Reuters · Jul 25, 2022

UK awards below-inflation pay rises for police and health workers

Britain announced below-inflation pay rises for police officers and National Health Service (NHS) staff on Tuesday, as part of an annual pay review for public sector workers that comes amid soaring prices.

Reuters · Jul 19, 2022

Hospitalisation rates double as COVID cases triple across Europe

The World Health Organization warns pandemic is not over as European countries largely abandon coronavirus restrictions.

Al Jazeera · Jul 19, 2022

WHO: COVID triples across Europe, hospitalizations double

The World Health Organization says coronavirus cases have tripled across Europe in the past six weeks, accounting for nearly half of all infections globally

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2022

Wes Streeting slams government NHS mess as 34,000 in Merseyside wait for cancer scans

Shadow health secretary visited Merseyside and pledged that a Labour government would fix the crisis in the National Health Service

Liverpool Echo · Jul 19, 2022