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NHS urges relaxing of visa rules for overseas doctors to help 'unsustainable workloads' at hospitals
Doctors from EEA are being blocked from entering the UK after Home Office Tier 2 visa quotas were reached two months in a row.
Hackers hijack over 4,000 US, UK and Australian government websites to secretly mine cryptocurrency
The incident comes as cybercriminals increasingly look to tap into the growing digital currency market with cryptojacking attacks, malware and more
Cancer patient buys chemotherapy machine off eBay because NHS can't afford it
A cancer patient bought his own chemotherapy machine off eBay for just £175, after NHS nurses told him the hospital couldn't afford to buy one.
Jeremy Hunt says NHS staff 'knew what they signed up for' amid its worst ever crisis
Health Secretary says 'significantly more' money will need to be invested to improve Britain's health service.
Theresa May refuses to protect NHS from US corporations in post-Brexit trade deals
Prime minister will not commit to excluding lucrative NHS contracts from hands of US corporations. Vince Cable urges "absolute guarantee" of protection.
'Fake news!' Trump draws furious reaction in UK as he claims NHS is broke and not working
US President Donald Trump has caused anger in the UK by claiming that the NHS is "broke and not working".
Lib Dems demand new ring-fenced tax to fund NHS
Lib Dems leader Vince Cable says: "The health and care budget should be financed by an earmarked tax."
Migrants to pay double to use NHS in 'health tourism' crackdown
Government announces rise in immigration health surcharge for non-EU migrants in watered-down manifesto pledge.
"No ifs, no buts, no NHS cuts" - thousands march on Downing St in 'Fix it Now' protest
Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets of London to protest cuts to the NHS. Among them is English actor Ralf Little who also criticised the cuts on Twitter.
NHS charged £1,500 for £1.73 pot of moisturiser by owner of Boots
Cost of custom-made drugs sparks warning from health service that companies deliberately hiking prices could face legal action.
Stephen Hawking takes Jeremy Hunt to court over 'back door privatisation' of NHS
Full judicial review granted to determine lawfulness of plans to introduce Accountable Care Organisations into NHS.
NHS could hire doctors straight out of refugee camps to plug chronic shortages
Resettling doctors currently living in refugee camps could save the NHS thousands of pounds per year.
NHS doctors using surgical tools 'made by child labour in Pakistan'
Workshops where boys work for 70p a day to make surgical equipment may be supplying hospitals in UK.
Boris Johnson's dad defends his son over embarrassing NHS funding row
Stanley Johnson believes his son was the victim of an unwarranted leak, which led to a humiliating rebuff by the cabinet.
NHS computers down: 'Major incident' called as IT failure leaves hospitals in chaos
A major incident has reportedly been declared at a number of NHS hospitals across England and Wales after alleged IT failures hit data centres Wednesday (24 January).
Theresa May humiliates Boris Johnson in front of cabinet as Tories clash over NHS funding
Foreign secretary rebuked by PM in front of cabinet over leaked report he would demand £100m-a-week Brexit dividend for NHS.
The most ridiculous emergency call ever? Listen as woman contacts 999 for advice over broken eggs
East Midlands Ambulance Service has revealed some of the most ridiculous emergency calls they received last year, including one from a man whose toenail came off.
Boris Johnson will demand £100m-a-week Brexit dividend for the NHS
Foreign secretary Boris Johnson will demand the Cabinet back a £5bn cash injection for the NHS. It is expected to add pressure on the prime minister Theresa May.
Patient 'froze to death' waiting for ambulance as doctors warn of growing NHS winter crisis
Doctors at the NHS have warned that the NHS faces its worst threat since the 2010 Swine Flu pandemic.
Brexiteers can get rid of foreigners or save the NHS – but not both
Millions of Brits will settle for nothing less than a hard Brexit, even if that leads to grief and misery at home and in hospitals.
Boris Johnson admits error in Leave campaign's £350m-a-week EU claim on buses which 'was £86m short'
Foreign secretary Boris Johnson says the Leave campaign could have used a higher figure than the controversial claim that £350m was being sent to Brussels.
Chemists running out of flu jabs as demand threatens new NHS crisis
Chemists across the country were reportedly running low on flu vaccine supplies, forcing some branches to turn away customers.
Toby Young was a tribal offering on the altar of sacred values
A policy is judged, not according to its utility, its internal consistency or its practical impact, but by how closely it accords with tribal values.
Struggling NHS faces new battle as French flu could spread to UK
Following fears over "Aussie Flu", concerns have been raised over a new virus that could spread across the UK.
This nitroglycerin sex gel '12 times faster than Viagra' will make you dynamite in the bedroom
Researchers at University College Hospital, London, have found a new treatment for erectile dysfunction using a compound that forms dynamite.
What is endometriosis and how did it fuse a glamour model's organs together?
Around 1.5m women in the UK, including Carla Cressy, are currently living with the little-understood condition
These pictures of patients sleeping on hospital floors show the desperate NHS crisis
Patients are being forced to sleep on the floor at a hospital in West Yorkshire as the NHS winter crisis threatens to stretch Britain's health service to breaking point.
We are all to blame for the slow painful death of the NHS
We, the common people must save the NHS before it is too late.
NHS Crisis: Doctors and nurses are 'leaving on their knees'
News broke this morning that the NHS were facing an unprecedented 'crisis'. We spoke to staff who said that others like them have been "leaving on their knees".
Patients who didn't show up for appointments cost the NHS £1bn in 2017
The NHS's chief nurse has criticised patients who miss appointments, saying "we are asking patients and the public to use the health service responsibly."