NHS becomes first health service in Europe to offer new cancer jab Nivolumab is a monoclonal antibody that works by binding to a protein called PD-1 on a type of immune cell called T-cell. Evening Standard · Apr 30, 2025
Valuation Office Agency to be scrapped in latest quango cull The agency will be disbanded as a standalone division and the majority will be merged within HM Revenue & Customs by April next year. Evening Standard · Apr 28, 2025
Children in England with gender dysphoria to be 'tested for autism' "This assertion is totally inappropriate and is part of an attempt to further stigmatise and delegitimise trans people and their identities and… The National (Scotland) · Apr 28, 2025
Children referred to gender clinics 'to be tested for autism and ADHD' under leaked NHS plans Reports say that health officials will screen children for neurodevelopmental conditions Evening Standard · Apr 28, 2025
NHS app has helped to save 1.5 million appointments from cancellation Sir Keir Starmer said his Government’s moves to speed up the rollout was leading the NHS out of the ‘dark ages’. The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2025
Half a million UK GP records to become accessible to researchers from China Intelligence agencies have raised fears about the authoritarian country gathering health data The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025
Revealed: Chinese researchers can access half a million UK GP records Medical information will be available from UK Biobank, despite western intelligence agencies’ security fears The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2025
Fact check: NHS waiting lists have fallen for six months in a row A graph shared by Labour is not fully labelled and seems to stitch together two different datasets. Evening Standard · Apr 11, 2025
Hospitals in England offered unlimited bonuses for taking patients off waiting lists Exclusive: Cap on payments for patients removed from lists scrapped amid warnings about waits for cancer care The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2025
What the latest NHS hospital figures for England show Some 193,516 people had been waiting more than a year for hospital treatment at the end of February. Evening Standard · Apr 10, 2025
NHS meets key cancer target amid warning that patients still face delays to care The overall waiting list for treatment also fell for the sixth consecutive month. Evening Standard · Apr 10, 2025
The Guardian view on staffing the NHS: Wes Streeting needs a plan for its people Editorial: A reorganisation of the NHS’s headquarters is under way. Now frontline staff need the health secretary’s attention The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2025
NHS England job cuts down to ‘failure of the system’, Streeting says The Health Secretary also said reports suggesting the cuts could cost up to £1 billion is not an ‘unreasonable ballpark figure’. Evening Standard · Apr 8, 2025
UK politics: ‘All options on table’ for Scunthorpe steelworks, says Starmer, amid calls for nationalisation – as it happened PM tells MPs on the Commons liaison committee that ‘we are doing everything we can to ensure there is a bright future for Scunthorpe’ The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2025 Hospitals in England could shed 100,000 jobs in response to cost-cutting orders Exclusive: Scale of looming job losses prompts NHS leaders to ask Treasury to cover costs
Evening Standard · Apr 6, 2025 Quangos could be forced to close or merge under Whitehall review It comes after Sir Keir Starmer announced last month that NHS England would be abolished.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2025 Redundancy payouts could reach £1bn in NHS shake-up Between 20,000 and 30,000 jobs to be lost as Labour abolishes NHS England and oversees cuts at care boards and trusts
The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2025 Plan to improve dentistry has comprehensively failed and it’s actually getting worse, MPs warn A new report has issued a scathing review of the Dental Recovery Plan which was unveiled in February 2024
The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2025 Plan to boost NHS dentistry has ‘resulted in worsening the picture’, say MPs The Dental Recovery Plan had ‘comprehensively failed’, the Public Accounts Committee said.
The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2025 London grandmother may have to move to Scotland to access vital cancer drug unavailable on NHS in England Breast cancer drug Enhertu costs about £8,000 per session and is only available privately in England, but is offered on the NHS in Scotland
The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2025 Six in 10 people unhappy with NHS, poll reveals amid ‘startling collapse’ in public satisfaction with health service Nearly one in 10 people feel they have been harmed by the health service in recent years, a new poll suggests
The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2025 ‘Ridiculous’ cuts to AI cancer tech funding in England could cost lives, experts warn Exclusive: Ministers halt money for radiotherapy auto-contouring that would reduce waiting times and address staff shortages
Evening Standard · Mar 30, 2025 NHS challenges companies to give staff time off for lifesaving cancer checks Outgoing NHS boss Amanda Pritchard said that ‘simple steps can save lives’.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2025 Is it safe? Is it spying? Disquiet over NHS ‘magic eye’ surveillance camera in mental health units Campaign calls for investigation into the use of Oxevison amid concerns over care and its effect on patients
The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2025 DIY cervical screening kits could be rolled out from early 2026, NHS plan says The health service said plans are ‘under way’ to ensure it can implement DIY testing if it is recommended by the UK National Screening Committee.