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STEPHANIE REARDON: SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS STILL NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY ENOUGH IN WHITEHALL
Part of the problem is that despite the high-profile media attention, sexual violence is still not taken seriously enough in Whitehall, Reardon believes... READ MORE›
CANCER X-RAY SERVICES TO BE REVIEWED AFTER SERIOUS DIAGNOSTIC FAILURES
It has ordered the trust to take immediate action to ensure that x-rays are reviewed by appropriately trained clinicians... READ MORE›
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN AFFECTED BY NHS CUTS IN ENGLAND? SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES
With Stevens saying the NHS needs an increase of ?4bn a strong warning about the future of the health service is expected... READ MORE›
JEREMY HUNT ORDERS NHS ENGLAND BOSSES TO STICK TO WAITING TIME LIMITS
The Royal College of Surgeons agreed with NHS England's analysis that the extra ?1.6bn Hammond gave the NHS last week was insufficient... READ MORE›
HUNT 'RISKING REPEAT OF JUNIOR DOCTORS' ROW' WITH PLAN TO CHANGE NHS PAY
This isn't a money-saving thing but about moving to modern professional pay structures, Hunt said... READ MORE›
HOW TO AVOID BLAME FOR THE UNDERFUNDING OF THE NHS
In the old days the relevant cabinet minister was unambiguously responsible for ensuring that the NHS had sufficient funding to provide an adequate health service... 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›
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›
BOOST FOR NHS TO FALL WELL SHORT OF MANAGEMENT DEMANDS
Or is this a way of justifying a decision not to make the extra investment in the NHS that is needed?... READ MORE›
HOSPITALS ATTACK BARKING MAD NHS TARGET TO MANAGE WINTER CRISIS
Given that hospitals are underbedded and underfunded, and emergency departments are understaffed, trying to deliver performance in that climate is nigh-on impossible... READ MORE›
CROSS-PARTY MPS REQUEST URGENT NON-PARTISAN DEBATE ON FUTURE OF NHS
Ninety MPs including several senior Tories have urged Theresa May to launch a cross-party convention on the future of the NHS and social care in England... READ MORE›
CASH SQUEEZE FORCES HOSPITALS TO POSTPONE NON-URGENT OPERATIONS
A spokesman for NHS England said that with health budgets so squeezed that NHS bodies face difficult choices about what they spend their money on... READ MORE›
NHS CRACKS DOWN ON MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS BEING SENT OUT OF AREA
Ending this practice must be a priority for mental health providers, said Prof Tim Kendall, the NHS's national clinical director for mental health... 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 CHIEF TAKES HIGH-RISK PUNT BY POINTING OUT MAY AND HAMMOND'S MISERLINESS
It is the second time this year Stevens has publicly contradicted the prime minister over NHS funding... READ MORE›
DOUBT OVER EU STAFF IN NHS THREATENS PATIENT CARE, HOSPITAL BOSSES SAY
Report by NHS Providers warns of 'serious impact on services for the public' if confusion over outcome of Brexit continues... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS OF TRAINEE GPS FACING HARDSHIP AS OUTSOURCING FIRM FAILS TO PAY
The BMA has told NHS England that it has no confidence in Capita's ability to deliver these services... READ MORE›
NHS CHIEF ACCUSES JEREMY HUNT OF 'OWN GOAL' OVER PAY RISES
Simon Stevens insists increases should not depend on higher productivity and health secretary must find new money to boost salaries... READ MORE›
BRITAIN BELIEVES NORTH KOREA WAS BEHIND 'WANNACRY' NHS CYBER ATTACK
Cyber security researchers quickly identified a possible link to North Korea... READ MORE›
UK CHILDREN WHO NEED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FACE 'POSTCODE LOTTERY'
The charity's own research found 30,000 children being turned away from mental health services every year and not receiving any support or treatment... READ MORE›
JANE FLINT: HAVING AN ATHEIST CHAPLAIN IS ABOUT PATIENT CHOICE
Given the religious association with the term chaplain, Flint is called a non-religious pastoral carer to avoid confusion... 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›
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›
NHS DATA LOSS SCANDAL DEEPENS WITH FURTHER 162,000 FILES MISSING
SBS was then obstructive and unhelpful to NHS England in the inquiry it then instigated, the NAO found... READ MORE›
MPS URGE ACTION ON LENGTHY WAIT FOR AUTISM DIAGNOSIS
MPs urge action on lengthy wait for autism diagnosis... READ MORE›
CHILDRENS TSAR SAVAGES NHS OVER PAUCITY OF MENTAL HEALTHCARE
Longfield's report made difficult reading for the government at a time when concerns over the health service have reached a critical level... READ MORE›
GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL 'FAILING' INTERSEX PATIENTS
It also claimed that operations were taking place on intersex patients at Gosh without first discussing their cases with an expert panel at the hospital... READ MORE›
ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL PUT IN SPECIAL MEASURES AFTER PATIENT DEATHS
During this inspection and in our previous visits to the Royal Cornwall hospital we have found persistent evidence of care that falls below those standards... READ MORE›
NHS ENGLAND TO FACE COURT OVER PATIENT KEPT ALIVE BY BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS
The local NHS trust was represented in court but not NHS England, which is ultimately responsible, it was said, for dealing with such complex cases... READ MORE›
CHESHIRE HOSPITAL STOPS SPINAL SURGERY AFTER 'SERIOUS INCIDENTS'
Spinal operations will not resume at Warrington and Halton hospitals NHS foundation trust in Cheshire until an external investigation into surgical practice has finished... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : National Health Service
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›
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›
SHOCK FIGURES SHOW TORY PLANS ARE 'MAKING SOCIAL CARE WORSE'
Under the Better Care Fund councils receive money, mainly from the NHS budget, in return for introducing schemes to reduce demand for hospital care... 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›
HOSPITALS MAY REFUSE TO IMPOSE JEREMY HUNT'S NEW CONTRACT ON JUNIOR DOCTORS
As a foundation trust, you are not mandated to bring in the new contract for junior doctors, as you can decide to negotiate locally... 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›
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›
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›
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›
LOST: TEST RESULTS DIAGNOSING JEREMY HUNT WITH TERMINAL INCOMPETENCE
Somewhere in the UK there is a warehouse stuffed full of GPs' referral letters and blood test results diagnosing the health secretary with terminal incompetence... 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›
DOCTORS THREATEN TO BOYCOTT PLAN FOR PATIENTS TO SHOW ID AT HOSPITALS
Doctors have said they will boycott attempts to introduce identification checks as part of government plans to combat health tourism ... READ MORE›
HOSPITALS ARE IN STATE OF 'WAR', UK GOVERNMENT ADVISER SAYS
The percentage of patients given hospital treatment within 18 weeks has also fallen below 90 percent for the first time since March 2011... READ MORE›
NHS WARNS OF 'DANGEROUS' BEDS SHORTAGE THIS WINTER
More patients' lives will be at risk because of long waiting periods, trusts say... READ MORE›
RECORD NUMBER OF GP CLOSURES FORCE 265,000 TO FIND NEW DOCTORS
NHS England data showed nearly a hundred practices closed in 2016, a 114 percent increase in GP closures compared with figures from 2014... READ MORE›
SPOTTING SEPSIS 'COULD PREVENT 37,000 DEATHS A YEAR'
The campaign, run by Public Health England and the UK Sepsis Trust, is aimed at parents and carers of newborns to four-year-old children... READ MORE›
NHS USES 10% OF WORLD'S PAGERS AT ANNUAL COST OF ?6.6M
Compiled by digital solutions company CommonTime, the report said pagers were not only limited... READ MORE›
AREAS OF NHS WILL IMPLODE THIS WINTER, EXPERT WARNS
Data from NHS England for the summer also showed hospitals are missing key targets for cancer cases, routine operations and ambulance response times... READ MORE›