The Latest Breaking News from NHS

Striking resident doctors are digging in. History suggests this will go on and on

The health secretary is winning the battle of public opinion but has not won over those who matter most in this dispute

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2025

The Guardian view on dentists: contractual tweaks won’t stop the rot

Editorial: New appointments for urgent and complex care should be welcomed. But NHS dentistry requires more radical surgery

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2025

‘Too thin for help’: Eating disorder patients turned away because their BMI is too low

Shocking report highlights how some patients are waiting up to two years to get specialist help

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025

Patients Face Delays as Junior Doctors Announce Longest Strike This Year

Junior doctors in England announce the longest strike this year. Read about the 6-day walkout, the impact on patients, and the ongoing pay dispute.

International Business Times UK · Dec 16, 2025

Brits Are Pulling Out Their Own Teeth for Lack of Urgent Dental Care Says Patient Watchdog

Healthwatch England reveals Brits resorting to pulling out own teeth as NHS urgent dental access falters. With fewer regular check-ups and growing inequalities, government pledges extra appointments but faces calls for deeper reforms.

International Business Times UK · Dec 16, 2025

Older patients ‘will be hit harder than most’ by doctors strike

Up to half of the medical workforce in England could stop work at 7am on Wednesday and not return for five days.

Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2025

Dentists to be paid more to see urgent patients under new reforms for sector

It comes as a report suggests dental vouchers worth £150 a year should be introduced in a bid to ‘end the postcode lottery’ of care.

Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2025

OPINION - 'The idea that this immigrant son would become a member of the Cabinet was not on my father's radar'

Shailesh Vara is former Conservative Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the UK’s first Hindu MP

Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2025

Super flu: Get the vaccine to protect grandma and grandad at Christmas, says London chief nurse

Having the jab could be the ‘one of the greatest Christmas gift’ if it means not passing flu to a loved one, says top nurse Karen Bonner

Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2025

Ministers to back regulation of England’s funeral industry after scandals

Demands for oversight grow after inquiry calls sector an ‘unregulated free for all’ and families seek stronger safeguards

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2025