The Latest Breaking News from NHS

NHS ordered to focus on patient safety as hospitals deal with record demand

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has told NHS leaders to ‘put patients ahead of targets’.

Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2024

Who Is Carla Bellucci? Britain's 'Most Hated Woman' Criticised for Charging Family £200 for Christmas Dinner

A controversial former model raises Christmas dinner fees to £200, offering a three-course meal. This is the latest of her many controversies.

International Business Times UK · Dec 9, 2024

Wes Streeting holds winter crisis talks with NHS bosses in England

Health secretary tells hospitals to put safety above waiting time targets after service warned of potential ‘quad-demic’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2024

Down by the sea: poverty brings Blackpool life expectancy to UK low

Resort town struggles with squalid housing, poor nutrition for children and now, statistics show, earlier deaths

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2024

When it comes to healthcare, don’t make ‘private’ a dirty word

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The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2024

Labour needs the will to solve social care crisis

Letters: A free adult social care system modelled on one already in operation in a London borough is achievable, according to Sally Powell and Stephen Burke. Plus a letter from John Ransford

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2024

Rayner ‘knows people impatient for change’ amid fall in support for Labour

The Deputy Prime Minister pointed to ‘significant challenges’ faced by the Government since the election.

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2024

Wes Streeting plans mass expansion of GP services to tackle NHS staffing crisis

The health secretary intends to steet the NHS workforce plan toward training more GPs, community nurses and health visitors

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2024

Wes Streeting signals move to train thousands more GPs

Health staff closer to patients’ homes could be prioritised under a ‘refresh’ of the NHS workforce plan.

Evening Standard · Dec 7, 2024

One million elderly people skipping meals amid winter fuel benefit crisis

The row over Labour’s cuts to pensioners’ energy payments is about to flare up again after damning new research

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2024