NHS

England faces worst ever winter for A&E waiting times

The Health Foundation predicts just 87% of people could be seen and transferred or discharged within four hours, falling well short of the 95% target.

Nov 15, 2017

By Charlotte Tobitt

Politics

Jeremy Hunt gets taken down by actor Ralf Little over mental health stats

Royle Family actor Ralf Little challenged Jeremy Hunt on some of his mental health statistics and took fact-checking into his own hands in a huge Twitter thread.

Nov 15, 2017

By Charlotte Tobitt

Economy

Philip Hammond urged to provide above-inflation pay rise to NHS staff

Think tank says annual cost of raising public sector pay in line with consumer price inflation would be £3.3bn by 2019/20.

Nov 15, 2017

By Karthick Arvinth

Philip Hammond Budget Theresa May

Society

One in five European NHS doctors have made 'solid plans' to quit UK thanks to Brexit and xenophobia

Almost half of NHS doctors from the EU and EEA are considering relocating. Brexit has made the NHS less attractive to foreign staff, the BMA claim.

Nov 14, 2017

By Josh Robbins

Brexit EU Referendum European Union

Health

'That's much better than I expected': Man live tweets NHS experience for 24 hours

Barrister and author Jamie Susskind received an overwhelming response to a series of tweets in which he chronicled his weekend NHS treatment.

Nov 13, 2017

By Charlotte Tobitt

Twitter

Crime

Pakistani doctor groped young Muslim nurse's breast then blamed 'British cultural norms'

Father of two Imran Qureshi, 44, squeezed a 21-year-old nurse's breast and told her "it's what friends do" during a shift at a hospital in Manchester, a medical tribunal heard.

Nov 10, 2017

By Josh Robbins

Society

Most stressful jobs in the UK revealed

Health and Safety Executive report on Labour Force Survey finds nurses, midwives, teachers and welfare professionals suffer from most work-related stress, depression and anxiety.

Nov 8, 2017

By Isabelle Gerretsen

Health

Give Blood NHS responds to 'racism' accusations after asking for more black blood donors

England's blood donation service, Give Blood NHS, explained why it is not racist to call for more black blood donors in an educational but sassy Twitter thread.

Nov 7, 2017

By Charlotte Tobitt

Twitter

Society

Woman steps in to help fund life-saving cancer treatment for her husband's ex-wife

The heroic fundraising efforts of Chester woman Claire Hitchen has saved the life of her husband's ex-wife, Nicola.

Nov 6, 2017

Cancer

Technology

GP at Hand: You can now have an NHS doctor's appointment via smartphone video call

The NHS has launched a new program that lets patients video call a GP. A trial will be run in central London before expanding to the rest of the UK.

Nov 6, 2017

By James Hetherington

London

Health

Number of EU nurses registering to work in Britain plummets following Brexit vote

Figures indicate that applications fell by nearly 90% in the 12 months to September.

Nov 3, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Brexit

Society

NHS fraud: Dentists are claiming £70m in work on patients that has not been done

New NHSCFA body set up to crackdown on fraud in NHS as figures reveal staggering costs to taxpayers.

Nov 1, 2017

By Ewan Palmer

high school students use smartphones and tablet computers at the vocational school in Bischwiller, eastern France. Since the beginning of the school year in eastern France some 31,000 high school pupils have replaced their traditional textbooks by compute

Health

International Stress Awareness Day: Six ways to combat stress

On International Stress Awareness Day we find out the best ways to look after mental health.

Nov 1, 2017

By Ruchira Sharma

Health

World's biggest drug companies could sue doctors for prescribing cheaper alternatives

Prescribing the safe, effective and cheaper drug - which is used to treat a damaging eye condition - could save the NHS £500 million a year.

Nov 1, 2017

By Aristos Georgiou

Technology

Damning report finds 'basic IT security' could have stopped NHS WannaCry cyberattack

The National Audit Office (NAO) led an investigation into NHS response to the cyberattack, one of the largest to hit the healthcare service.

Oct 27, 2017

By Jason Murdock

North Korea

Health

Hospital ditches Airbnb-style plan to book NHS patients into strangers' homes

Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust in Essex has ditched plans to send patients to recuperate in strangers' homes as part of an Airbnb-style scheme.

Oct 26, 2017

By Paul Wright