NHS

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

Society

Scrapping the NHS pay cap is a 'con' if it means funding cuts and job losses

Unions and workers urge Jeremy Hunt to reveal how the government will fund planned pay rises after announcing end of seven-year cap.

Oct 11, 2017

By Ewan Palmer

Weird World

Japan's amazing hospital food makes NHS meals look embarrassing

A Reddit user has revealed the incredibly high standard of hospital food in Japan. So how does the NHS compare?

Oct 10, 2017

By Neil Murphy

Japan England

Society

NHS model is 'obsolete and not fit for this century',chief hospital inspector warns

Professor Ted Baker says health system failing to cope with population growth.

Sep 30, 2017

By Ludovica Iaccino

Health

Deadliest epidemic 'for 50 years' heading for UK as Aussie flu outbreak continues

Experts warn UK health facilities must prepare as Australia recovers from one of its worst flu outbreaks.

Sep 25, 2017

By Ludovica Iaccino

Technology

NHS wants to let you access medical records via a smartphone app

What is the new NHS smartphone application? Here's what we know so far.

Sep 11, 2017

By Jason Murdock

Society

NHS 'dangerously' short of emergency beds as worst winter in decade looms

Target to see majority of A&E patients within four hours has not been met in past two years.

Sep 3, 2017

By Isabelle Gerretsen

CyberSecurity

NHS Lanarkshire hospitals and GPs hit by cyberattack, patients told not to attend 'unless essential'

This is the second cyberattack affecting the health authority since the global WannaCry ransomware attack in May.

Aug 26, 2017

By Hyacinth Mascarenhas

Politics

Stephen Hawking attacks Conservatives for 'underfunding and privatising' the NHS

Renowned physicist has been reliant on the NHS since he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease aged 21.

Aug 19, 2017

By Ben Skipper

Society

18-month-old had her toe almost amputated after it began to drain pus following a beach trip

Aria McCart's mother claims that her daughter could have got the mystery infection by coming in contact with dog urine on the beach.

Aug 10, 2017

By Divya Kishore

Student nurse protest over bursary changes

Politics

Jeremy Hunt's £1.3bn mental health plan 'lacks detail'

Thousands of NHS nursing posts remain unfilled, data revealed this month.

Jul 31, 2017

By Isabelle Gerretsen

Society

There has been a sharp rise in children feeling confused about their gender

The number of under-18s being referred for specialist help has risen by almost 500% in four years.

Jul 25, 2017

By Isabelle Gerretsen

Five Acid Attacks In 90-Minutes Hit London

Society

What should you do in an acid attack?

The number of acid attacks in London are on the rise.

Jul 14, 2017

By Lydia Smith

London

Politics

'Hard Brexit means people fleeing the UK,' reveals Jeremy Hunt note

"Jeremy Hunt knows that Brexit will be a disaster for the NHS," the Lib Dems said after the gaffe.

Jul 4, 2017

By Ian Silvera

Brexit Theresa May

Politics

£70m 'wasted' by NHS to prescribe paracetamol warns TaxPayers' Alliance

"The money for these items doesn't grow on trees," John O'Connell tells IBTimes UK.

Jun 29, 2017

By Ian Silvera

NHS planning for hospital closures and other cutbacks to meet increasing demand and fight health budget deficit

Politics

Number of EU nurses applying to work in UK has slumped by 96% since Brexit vote

Only 46 EU nurses registered to work in April compared to more than 1,300 last July

Jun 12, 2017

By Ewan Palmer

Brexit

Politics

You don't have to be a Corbyn fan to see the media obsesses over his dirty laundry

We shouldn't focus on things in the past when the government is inflicting misery in the present.

May 30, 2017

By James Bloodworth

General Election 2017 Jeremy Corbyn Theresa May Brexit

Politics

Hospitals told to expect 'further incidents' amid fears over second terror attack

Every hospital in England has been told to take precautionary steps.

May 26, 2017

By Tareq Haddad

CyberSecurity

Has the global ransomware attack given bitcoin its bad name back?

Ties to the global WannaCry ransomware attack have undone years of positive growth for bitcoin.

May 15, 2017

By Alistair Charlton

Bitcoin

CyberSecurity

Watch live as surprisingly few WannaCry ransomware victims pay up

Three bitcoin wallets attached to the WannaCry ransomware attack have earned less than £40,000.

May 15, 2017

By Alistair Charlton

Bitcoin