The Latest Breaking News from NHS

Pioneering drug for rare eye cancer gets go-ahead to be offered on NHS

Campaigners welcome Nice approval for use of Kimmtrak (tebentafusp) to treat patients with uveal melanoma

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2024

NHS Scotland may need to cut services without reform, watchdog warns

SCOTLAND’S NHS may need to cut services if the Scottish Government fails to implement fundamental and urgent reforms, the public spending watchdog…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 3, 2024

‘Pioneering’ drug for rare eye cancer to be rolled out on NHS in England

New drug avilable on the NHS could boost eye cancer patients’ survival time by months

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2024

The Guardian view on Keir Starmer’s reset: it needs a vision to tackle Britain’s challenges

Editorial: The prime minister faces scrutiny as voters demand bold action, not recycled policies, to address Britain’s deepening economic and social concerns

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2024

Counselling charity Relate goes into administration

Charity on verge of insolvency amid collapse in funding from NHS, school and local authority contracts

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2024

New top civil servant Chris Wormald is ‘safe pair of hands’ but ‘devoid of charisma’

Keir Starmer’s pick praised as a ‘shrewd choice’ but appointment criticised as personifying a ‘failing upwards culture’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2024

Covid campaigners criticise Wormald’s promotion to Civil Service top job

Sir Chris Wormald will leave his role as the senior official at the Department of Health and Social Care to become the new Cabinet Secretary.

Evening Standard · Dec 2, 2024

Whistleblowing reform must include GPs

Letter: It is vital for staff in general practice to have a voice, just as it is for those in hospitals, says one whistleblower

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2024

Minister criticises ‘failures’ in care of boy who died week after hospital visit

Yusuf Mahmud Nazir died on November 23 2022, eight days after he was seen at Rotherham Hospital and sent home with antibiotics.

Evening Standard · Dec 2, 2024

Starmer’s ‘Plan for Change’ will improve lives of working people, No 10 claims

The PM is to give a major speech on Thursday, following a backlash to the Budget, plummeting poll ratings and the first resignation from his Cabinet.

The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2024