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40% OF ENGLAND'S WALK-IN CENTRES HAVE SHUT SINCE 2010.
This is despite public claims from NHS trusts that closing walk-in centres will have a minimal impact on emergency wards... READ MORE›
MEDICAL STUDENTS: HAVE YOU HELPED AT A HOSPITAL THIS WINTER?
Senior doctors took the unprecedented move of writing to prime minister Theresa May about patients dying in hospital corridors during the winter crisis... READ MORE›
NHS WINTER CRISIS: WHAT IS HAPPENING AT YOUR HOSPITAL?
Patients are dying in hospital corridors this winter, senior doctors have warned in a written letter to prime minister Theresa May... READ MORE›
NHS HOSPITAL BANS SUGAR FROM ITS MEALS TO TACKLE STAFF OBESITY
Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, said It's important the NHS practises what it preaches on healthy food and drink... READ MORE›
Q&A: WHY IS THE NHS UNDER SO MUCH PRESSURE THIS WINTER?
Many NHS bosses and senior doctors say that the pressure the NHS is under now is the heaviest it has ever been... READ MORE›
WHAT ARE YOUR EXPERIENCES OF THE NHS THIS WINTER? TELL US HERE
Dr Nick Scriven, president of the Society for Acute Medicine SAM, said many hospitals reported more than 99 percent capacity in the week before Christmas... READ MORE›
NHS SHAKE-UP IS NOT A TROJAN HORSE FOR PRIVATISATION, SAYS TOP DOCTOR
Prof Sir Bruce Keogh says introduction of accountable care organisations is about improving quality of care... READ MORE›
'DESPERATE TIMES' FOR OVERCROWDED HOSPITALS, SENIOR DOCTOR WARNS
NHS England said hospitals were generally coping, with overall bed occupancy levels down from 95 percent in the lead-up to Christmas to about 93 percent ... READ MORE›
NHS FIGURES SHOW SHARP RISE IN PATIENTS WAITING FOR A&E CARE
A total of 95,392 patients arrived by ambulance at hospital emergency departments in England last week... READ MORE›
NHS ENGLAND PLANS TO CUT INDIGESTION AND DANDRUFF PRESCRIPTIONS
Treatments for readily available items such as cough mixtures, laxatives and sun cream would also be reined in under proposals... READ MORE›
NHS HOSPITALS UNABLE TO FILL THOUSANDS OF VACANT POSTS, LABOUR SAYS
But South London and Maudsley trust is operating with a shortage of 493 nurses - a 28 percent vacancy rate... READ MORE›
NHS EXPLORES APPS FOR CARE IN A DIGITAL AGE
The task at the NHS Ideas Lab hackathon was to find 21st-century solutions to problems facing patients, doctors and the NHS... READ MORE›
NHS FACES ACUTE AND GROWING STAFFING SHORTAGE, WARNS AGENCY
Ministers have repeatedly promised to boost staff numbers but have repeatedly failed to deliver, said Justin Madders, a Labour shadow health minister... READ MORE›
NHS TRUST TREATING BRAIN-DAMAGED BOY GETS ANONYMITY OVER ABUSE FEARS
A trust director told the judge of his concerns about staff being harassed if the trust's identity was revealed in media reports... READ MORE›
STEPHEN HAWKING JOINS LAWSUIT AIMED AT FOILING HUNT'S NHS SHAKE-UP
Jeremy hunt orders nhs england bosses to stick to waiting time limits... READ MORE›
'CLEAR FAILURES OF CARE': SCATHING REPORT INTO STUDENT'S ANOREXIA DEATH
Averil Hart's death was 'an avoidable tragedy' which shows problems with NHS eating disorders services, says ombudsman... READ MORE›
NHS ENGLAND ACCUSED OF HIDING HOSPITALS' WINTER CRISIS ALERT FIGURES
The change in policy emerged on Thursday when NHS England issued the first set of weekly figures showing how hospitals are performing this winter... READ MORE›
NHS BOSSES SOUND ALARM OVER HOSPITALS ALREADY RUNNING AT 99% CAPACITY
NHS bosses sound alarm over hospitals already running at 99 percent capacity... READ MORE›
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LEAK SHOWS 'DEVASTATING' IMPACT OF PLANNED NHS CUTS IN LONDON
Now we learn detailed proposals for north London involve shocking restrictions on care quality and access for patients... READ MORE›
VIRGIN CARE WINS ?700M CONTRACT TO RUN 200 NHS AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES
Virgin Care has been handed the contract by both Bath and North East Somerset NHS clinical commissioning group and Conservative-led Bath and North East Somerset council... READ MORE›
THERESA MAY SUGGESTS NHS DOCTORS FROM OVERSEAS ONLY WELCOME UNTIL 2025
This morning, Theresa May said the NHS should have a larger pool of British doctors to pick from... READ MORE›
COULD BREXIT PROVE TERMINAL FOR THE NHS?
Hunt promises to end nhs reliance on overseas doctors after britain leaves eu... READ MORE›
THERESA MAY DENIES 'HUMANITARIAN CRISIS' IN BRITAIN'S NHS
Prime minister rejects British Red Cross claims but acknowledges huge pressures on health service... READ MORE›
MAY'S SCAPEGOAT ATTEMPT COULD SPARK MASS RESIGNATIONS, SAYS TOP GP
Dr Kailash Chand says GPs are rightly angry at government effort to shift blame for NHS crisis on to them with seven-day threat... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 600 HEALTH QUANGO CHIEFS ON SIX FIGURE SALARIES AMID CASH CRISIS
NHS England spent ?3.25m on communications in 2015 16, with 52 employees working in the role, compared with 36 in 2013 14, the figures show... READ MORE›
ALMOST HALF OF NHS AUTHORITIES TO CUT HOSPITAL BEDS AND THIRD TO CLOSE A&E
A Department of Health spokesman said The NHS is using Sustainability and Transformation Plans to help deliver this change... READ MORE›
FEARS OF 'TWO-TIER NHS' AS GPS ALLOW FEE-PAYING PATIENTS TO JUMP THE QUEUE
MPs claim Dorset Private GP service, at up to ?145 per appointment, will mean NHS patients without money will wait even longer for care... READ MORE›
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL UNITS FORCED TO CLOSE TO NEW PATIENTS DUE TO STAFF SHORTAGES
Lack of paediatric doctors and nurses across the UK also means care children receive is at risk, says the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health... READ MORE›
CHILDREN WAITING UP TO 18 MONTHS FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT CQC
Shortcomings in child and adolescent mental health services care mean some children end up experiencing a full-blown mental health crisis, she said... READ MORE›
THERESA MAY TELLS NHS BOSS HE WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR WINTER PERFORMANCE
That crisis has prompted unprecedented efforts by NHS England, NHS Improvement and Public Health England to ensure the scenes of chaos are not repeated this winter... READ MORE›
NHS CASH CRISIS IN KENT HALTS NON-URGENT SURGERY UNTIL APRIL
It is the latest example of cash-strapped CCGs implementing controversial restrictions on patients' access to treatment which doctors have agreed they need... READ MORE›
THERESA MAY'S CLAIM ON NHS FUNDING NOT TRUE, SAY MPS
Andrew Lansley, the health secretary in the coalition government, recently called for the NHS to be given ?5bn more than the money already planned... READ MORE›
NHS TRUSTS' OVERSPEND IS ?3BN HIGHER THAN REPORTED, STUDY CLAIMS
Nuffield Trust says official ?791m figure does not accurately reflect the scale of financial challenge facing NHS in England... READ MORE›
MASSIVE, FAST-MOVING CYBERATTACK HITS AS MANY AS 74 COUNTRIES
The attack seems to have first appeared around 2 am ET on Friday in Europe, said Kurt Baumgartner, a principal security researcher with Kaspersky Lab in Moscow... READ MORE›
NHS WAITING TIMES 'DRIVING PEOPLE TO TURN TO PRIVATE TREATMENT'
The findings come as health service bosses gather in Manchester for the opening of NHS England's annual two-day NHS Expo... READ MORE›
NHS ACCUSED OF COVERING UP HUGE DATA LOSS THAT PUT THOUSANDS AT RISK
NHS England has quietly launched an inquiry to discover how many patients have been affected... READ MORE›
NHS TO SPEND ?100M BRINGING IN UP TO 3,000 GPS FROM ABROAD
NHS England hopes that many of the extra GPs will come from Europe... READ MORE›
HAMMOND BACKTRACKED ON FUNDING AFTER 'FURY' AT NHS BOSS'S DEMANDS
Sources say health service would have got more in budget if NHS England chief executive had not made public demand for extra ?4bn... READ MORE›
HOSPITAL BOSSES FORCED TO CHANT 'WE CAN DO THIS' OVER A&E TARGETS
Trust leaders say they were left feeling 'bullied and humiliated' by the incident at a meeting to improve performance... READ MORE›
GP PAY - THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
And that is exactly what happened in General Practice... READ MORE›
HOSPITALS IN ENGLAND TOLD TO PUT OPERATIONS ON HOLD TO FREE UP BEDS
A reduction of elective hospital activity in the run-up to Christmas is standard practice, and well rehearsed by NHS providers... READ MORE›
GP PAY - THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
And that is exactly what happened in General Practice... READ MORE›
HEALTH SERVICE NEEDS EMERGENCY 25BN PM IS WARNED
Group representing NHS trusts demands end to austerity funding, warning quality of care will suffer without extra funding... READ MORE›
'I WAS THE FIRST BABY DELIVERED BY THE NHS. IT HAS SAVED MY LIFE EIGHT TIMES'
Bevan visits Park hospital in Davyhulme, now Trafford general hospital, which becomes known as the birthplace of the NHS ... READ MORE›
PROMISED 8BN EXTRA FOR NHS IS NOT ENOUGH SAYS HOSPITALS BOSS
Promised ?8bn extra for NHS is not enough, says hospitals boss... READ MORE›
NHS SERVICES FACE 'IMPOSSIBLE' BUDGET CRISIS, HEALTH TRUSTS WARN
Frontline NHS services face mission impossible in meeting next year's targets, health trusts have said... READ MORE›
RULES ALLOWING UPFRONT CHARGES FOR FOREIGN USERS OF NHS COME INTO FORCE
System requires medical staff to establish whether patients are eligible for state funded healthcare before providing treatment... READ MORE›
SENIOR TORIES IN BUDGET BACKLASH OVER NHS AND SOCIAL CARE CASH
It is extremely important that the two words 'social care' didn't pass the chancellor's lips on budget day, Dorrell said... READ MORE›