The Latest Breaking News from NHS

Major new NHS plan vows to end ‘8am scramble’ for GP appointment

Radical plans to improve community healthcare include training more GPs

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025

New NHS plan will ‘fundamentally rewire’ health service – Keir Starmer

New neighbourhood health services will be rolled out across the country to bring tests, post-op care, nursing and mental health teams closer to homes.

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025

Royal estate that funds King Charles and Prince William to review rents to NHS and schools

The royal estates receive millions of pounds from the NHS, the Ministries of Justice and Defence, and state schools

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025

‘Full of excuses’: families condemn Matt Hancock’s testimony to Covid inquiry

Former health secretary defends decision to discharge untested patients into care homes as ‘least worst option’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2025

Kate says cancer is ‘life-changing’ for patients and their loved ones

Kate met patients and staff at Colchester Hospital on Wednesday, where she admired the facility’s wellbeing garden.

Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2025

Matt Hancock defends Covid care home plan as ‘the least-worst decision’

A civil servant earlier this week described the toll as a ‘generational slaughter within care homes’

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025

Voices: Starmer has been given two black eyes by his party – but here’s how he could fight back

COMMENT: Bruised by his welfare reforms battle, the prime minister is on a hook of his own making. With a little help from Westminster, he can wriggle off, says Andrew Grice

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025

Hancock: Moving patients from hospitals to care homes was least-worst decision

Module six of the inquiry is focused on the effect the pandemic had on both the publicly and privately funded adult social care sector across the UK.

Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2025

Patients risk being in ‘unnecessary pain’ over NHS minimum waits for treatment

Leaders have been told they may wish to set ‘activity planning assumptions’, which can include introducing minimum waiting times.

Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2025

Breast cancer charity slams NHS drug approval process

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The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025