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Government must invest £15bn a year on a changes to improve wellbeing and prosperity, says thinktank

Almost two-thirds vote in favour of average salary increase of 22.3% over two years after 18 months of strikes

‘We have to fix the plumbing before we turn on the taps’ says PM

Finally, a politician acknowledges the reality that the health service is on its knees, but also that there is no easy fix

The NHS has become such a bleak topic of discussion in recent years that it is almost impossible to imagine it being fixed. Lord Darzi’s report paints a picture of an organisation grappling with several crises: in primary care, hospitals and the treatment of long-term illness. Its findings make for…

Lord Ara Darzi’s assessment revealed the health service is in ‘critical condition’

Health secretary says damning report by Lord Darzi makes it clear ‘status quo of managed decline is not an option’

The prime minister blamed the Tories for ‘breaking’ the NHS and said reform of the service was needed

As the report is published of health secretary Wes Streeting’s ‘rapid investigation’ into the state of the NHS, Sean O’Grady looks at the problems the new government is facing, and how it intends to tackle them