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Budget 2017 key points: Big changes to national insurance and social care
Chancellor Philip Hammond said there was "no room for complacency" despite improved economic forecasts.
Longest-serving NHS chief reportedly 'pushed out' after exposing consultant sex ring
Newcastle and Tyne Hospital Trust's chief executive Sir Leonard Fenwick was put on 'extended leave'.
Over 7,000 FGM cases recorded in the UK in 2016 – but no convictions since 1985
Cases of female genital mutilation are on the rise but police are struggling to find the offenders.
NHS bosses on six-figure salaries while health service lurches from funding crisis to crisis
Patient Concern slams fatcats as figures reveal nearly 100 out of 628 top earners take home more than Prime Minister Theresa May.
John McDonnell invites New Labour peer Peter Mandelson for tea to talk Brexit
Shadow chancellor issued invite to Jeremy Corbyn critic after pre-Spring Statement speech.
Welsh father invents 3D printed hydraulic arm for his toddler to revolutionise NHS child prosthetics
Ben Ryan is seeking crowdfunding to develop affordable 3D printed prosthetics for early childhood.
RBS is a loss-making albatross – Philip Hammond should sell the taxpayer's stake to fund the NHS
Publicly-owned RBS is losing billions and still pays its bosses bonuses, so let's privatise it again.
30,000 excess deaths linked to NHS and social care cuts
Death rates in 2015 were higher than previous years, with a larger than usual spike in January.
UK voters more concerned about Brexit than immigration, Ipsos MORI poll shows
Worries spike as divorce talks with the EU loom for UK Prime Minister Theresa May.
Doctors' union warns the NHS is at 'breaking point' and needs £9.5bn to survive
The British Medical Association chief says billions are needed for 'high risk' maintenance.
NHS hospitals had 'worst month in 13 years' during January 2017
Figures leaked to the BBC show just 82% of patients were seen at A&E within four hours during January.
If we really want to save the NHS, we need to raise income tax
Politicians are scared to talk about tax rises – but a penny on income tax would raise £5.5bn a year.
NHS websites defaced by Tunisian Islamist hackers to display horrific photos of the war in Syria
The cyberattack comes a month after the group targeted a series of Australian websites with a similar message.
NHS life 'bleaker than ever' following fall in EU and student nursing applications
Two separate figures show less nurse course application and 90% drop in EU nationals post-Brexit.
Robots could soon replace 250,000 NHS and Whitehall jobs saving the UK billions of pounds
According a report by Reform, around 30% of nurses' activities could be automated.
Cross-party NHS and social care campaign secures 'very constructive' talks with Theresa May
Former care minister Norman Lamb spoke to IBTimes UK about the meeting.
NHS staff told to 'use Bing' after Google's cyber-defences cause network blockages
Google: 'Our systems are checking that searches are being carried out by humans'.
Care minister says Britons should be responsbile for their elderly parents
David Mowat says that society must take greater responsibility for older people.
#PoemsAboutTrumpAndMay trends on Twitter as PM makes historic visit
The British PM is not the only one capable of using flowery language to make a political point.
GPs drawing up plans to charge patients for weekend and evening appointments
Patients will be given the option to pay if they want to be seen by doctor quickly at surgery.
Family GP blocks disabled pensioner in surgery parking space for 5 hours to 'teach him a lesson'
Disabled 80-year-old's daughter has contacted the police and complained to NHS England.
Jeremy Hunt set to get £15m payout from proposed Hotcourses sale
Health secretary co-founded the education business in 1996.
GPs hit back after Theresa May blames them for NHS crisis
PM said GPs need to push forward with a seven-day service, but she was accused of 'scapegoating'.
Viewers torn as NHS doctors weigh up saving old lady bleeding to death over cancer patient on BBC2's Hospital
BBC2 docuseries reveals the struggles the NHS face on a daily basis.
NHS boss hits back at May's claim that health service got more money than it asked for
Simon Stevens accused the prime minister of 'stretching the truth'.
Theresa May brands Red Cross 'irresponsible' as Corbyn raises NHS concerns in first PMQs of 2017
Charity claimed that NHS England is facing a 'humanitarian crisis' over winter.
This is Theresa May's chance to start a revolution in mental health
It could change the way we think about mental illness, if government remembers these three things.
Jeremy Hunt may tweak NHS's four-hour waiting-time target for A&E
Health secretary warns patients with less serious problems may not be guaranteed speedy treatment.
Social care is in dire need of funding – it's exacerbating the NHS crisis
Privatisation and austerity have a knock-on impact on care staff and the vulnerable people they look after.
Theresa May vows to fight 'hidden injustice' of mental ill health in UK schools and business
Prime minister will unveil new plans as she addresses the Charity Commission.