The Latest Breaking News from NHS

NHS England to cut workforce by half as Streeting restructures

The health secretary will shrink NHS England’s workforce to save money and avoid ‘duplication’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2025

More NHS England bosses step down weeks after top doctor and CEO resign

Resignations comes within weeks of NHS’s top doctor and boss both announcing departures

The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2025

Casualty star on ex-special forces character: He raises questions on being a man

The 40-year old will debut in the series as Flynn Byron, the new clinical lead in the hospital after a tour of duty as a special forces medic.

Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2025

Finger-prick blood tests which quickly detect the deadliest type of stroke could save lives

Blood test likened to a lateral flow test used to detect Covid is being piloted by ambulance crews in Cambridgeshire

The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2025

NHS pressures and inequalities in care ‘failing’ stroke patients, report says

The Stroke Association is calling for action from the Government.

Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2025

The NHS is broken, but not yet critical

Letters: Malcolm Cunningham has advice for Wes Streeting on how he can expedite his plans, Chris Clough calls for changes in working practices, while Neil Blackshaw looks at the determinants of ill health

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2025

Michael Rosen marks Covid anniversary with haunting poem of pandemic memories

The former children’s laureate, 78, was rushed to hospital with Covid and put into an induced coma in intensive care.

Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2025

How lateral flow tests are becoming a diagnostic gamechanger

Familiar from the Covid era, the tests are becoming incredibly versatile, with potential uses including detecting killers such as strokes and sepsis

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2025

‘Had I not been pushy, it would have been stage 4’: The fight to improve outcomes for black cancer sufferers

Paul Campbell had to fight for a cancer diagnosis. He tells Rachel Clun more must be done to improve cancer care for people of colour

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2025

‘The pandemic reinforced existing inequalities – it was a magnifying glass’: how Covid changed Britain

More government borrowing, more abandoned pets, more sourdough baking. Our panel looks at the ramifications of the pandemic on education, health, arts and life in the UK

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2025