The Thatcher government began the drive to contract out ancillary services in NHS hospitals in the mid 1980s, devising more…
Attempts to ration access to various treatments by NHS patients which have been made sporadically by local bodies since the…
Cleaners at Princess Alexandra Hospital have put their bosses on notice that unless the hospital ditches “hazardous” plans to privatise…
From April 1 until June 30 women in Oxford needing gynaecology will have no local access to NHS services, according…
While Matt “the App” Hancock waxes lyrical about the merits of new unproven digital solutions, the reality facing today’s NHS…
With hospitals crumbling and in dire need of replacement in Watford and in Harlow, but trust deficits soaring, the arguments…
Security staff at Southampton General Hospital, who are being attacked in the A&E department, will strike for eight days in…
Terminally-ill patients in England are often being denied the chance to fulfil their wishes to die at home, due to…
Holly Worboys, a 19 year waitress died from an asthma attack because she was too poor to pay for prescription inhalers. Asthma UK told her story this week as part of in-depth report that revealed that 50% of asthma sufferers are avoiding picking up their medicine due to the prescription charges. The survey of
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Debate over a short enabling Bill in Parliament to give ministers legal powers to fund and implement healthcare deals after…