The Latest Breaking News from the NHS Confederation

NHS needs extra £3bn, health bosses warn ahead of Rachel Reeves’ Budget

Warning comes as resident doctors are due to strike for five days in November

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2025

NHS leaders warn of longer waiting times if demand for extra £3bn not met

Key Labour pledge under threat as health service faces costs from redundancies, strikes and rising drug prices

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2025

New workers’ rights body appoints chairman to lead crackdown on ‘bad bosses’

Matthew Taylor, who currently leads the NHS Confederation, will chair the Fair Work Agency when it is launched next year.

Evening Standard · Oct 13, 2025

All NHS acute hospital trusts in England are missing Labour’s 18-week target

The PM’s ‘milestones’ include 92% of patients waiting no more than 18 weeks – but not one of the 124 trusts is hitting the mark

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2025

Why are so many people in Britain off sick? The answer is far more complex than you think

New research sets out a prescription – but the shadow of a fresh benefits crackdown hangs over everything, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024

Tory health reforms left UK open to Covid calamity, says top doctor’s report

Britain’s pandemic response was among the worst and the NHS had been ‘seriously weakened’, says leading surgeon

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2024

Thousands of newly qualified nurses can’t find jobs as NHS chiefs forced to slash roles

Labour government says it will act on ‘absurd’ situation of newly qualified NHS nurses who cannot find jobs

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2024

Decoding the junior doctors’ strike – from patient safety to public support

Health bosses raise alarm as junior doctors begin the longest strike in NHS history. But how will the action actually affect patients?

The Guardian - UK · Jan 3, 2024

NHS chiefs fear for patient safety during six-day junior doctor strike

Hospital bosses in England worry BMA will not honour agreement to return to work in case of major incident

The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2024

NHS leaders believe 2m operations and appointments lost to strikes

Leaders say hidden total may be double official tally, as junior doctors, consultants and radiographers prepare more strikes

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023