English hospitals brace for ‘alarming’ disruption as GPs take industrial action Exclusive: A&Es and mental health services face ‘dangerous’ surge that could continue into 2025, say bosses The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2024
The Guardian view on GPs working to rule: family doctors need bigger budgets Editorial: This week’s vote for industrial action follows years of broken pledges under the Tories The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2024
Why are English GPs taking industrial action and how will it affect patients? Doctors have begun a work-to-rule action over a funding row, with each practice adopting different rules The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2024
Patients in danger from overworked GPs says doctors’ spokesperson as strike threat looms ‘It is dangerous for GPs to see 60-70 patients a day,’ warns top GP Clare Gerada The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2024
The billionaire private donors that could push Labour towards damaging PFIs LABOUR have made no secret of their intention to have private financial institutions help pay for infrastructure spending ... The National (Scotland) · Aug 1, 2024
Labour has ‘failed another generation of families’ with cancellation of social care reforms, Dilnot says Sir Andrew Dilnot, whose government-backed commission proposed a cap on social care costs, described the cancellation of planned reforms as a ‘a tragedy’ The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2024
British High Court Upholds Ban On Puberty Blockers High Court judge upholds UK government's ban on puberty blockers due to risks and minimal benefits, emphasizing evidence-based healthcare for children. Top News · Jul 29, 2024
Junior doctors offered 22% pay rise to head off strikes Junior doctors will have now vote on whether to accept the new pay offer from the government The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2024
What cuts could Rachel Reeves announce to plug Labour’s £20bn ‘black hole’? HS2, hospitals and railway lines are all rumoured for cut backs The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2024
Why are we talking about PFI now? The public finance initiative was brought in under John Major’s government between 1992 and 1997 but was considerably expanded after that point… The National (Scotland) · Jul 29, 2024
GPs threaten to 'bring NHS to a standstill' with possible strike Family doctors are being balloted over industrial action Evening Standard · Jul 28, 2024
GPs could bring NHS to standstill if they vote for first industrial action in 60 years, BMA warns BMA is balloting GPs on whether to take first action for decades and starting from Thursday The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2024
Which UK infrastructure projects is Rachel Reeves likely to axe? Chancellor expected to announce cuts and delays to some projects as Labour tries to fill £20bn shortfall in finances The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2024
GPs capping patient numbers could have ‘catastrophic’ effect on A&E, says NHS chief Exclusive: Concerns that 3m appointments a month in England will disappear if industrial action goes ahead The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2024 GPs warn of surgery closures in England and fear similar fate to NHS dentistry Family doctors in ballot over collective action, saying years of underfunding risks creating two-tier system
The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2024 UK politics: Labour puts Tories’ ‘freedom of speech’ law for universities on hold – as it happened Controversial measure is paused with the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, indicating that it could be repealed
Evening Standard · Jul 26, 2024 Benjamin Netanyahu arrest warrant row: Government drops Tories' plan to challenge ICC Health Secretary Wes Streeting stressed the new Government ‘believes very strongly in the rule of law’
The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2024 Patients cannot trust CQC’s hospital safety ratings, says Wes Streeting Health secretary’s comments follow damning findings of interim report into state of English healthcare regulator
Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2024 Health Secretary Wes Streeting begins formal talks with junior doctors to end pay dispute Government hoping to end 20 months of strike action in the NHS
The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2024 NHS England workforce plan ‘needs many thousands more family doctors’ Experts warn recruiting one GP for every 24 hospital consultants will not support goal of increasing out-of-hospital care
The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2024 Streeting urges patients to ‘bear with’ GPs as outage sparks major disruption The Health Secretary posted on X, formerly Twitter, saying his department is ‘working closely with colleagues across Government’.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2024 English councils call for further delay to social care costs cap Funding and staffing shortages mean plan to introduce cap in October 2025 impossible to deliver, councils say
The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2024 England’s largest councils call for delay to adult social care costs cap amid £30bn funding ‘black hole’ Councils have ‘serious concerns’ about whether the adult social care costs cap can be delivered
The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2024 The Guardian view on hospices: these special places can’t afford to be hidden Editorial: Palliative care charities are facing a funding crisis – they should be included in Lord Darzi’s review of the NHS
The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2024 We are public sector workers – this is how more cuts would wreck our NHS, courts, councils and universities After years of austerity, the government’s plans imply another reduction in funding that public services simply cannot take