Dr Adrian James says making more places available at medical schools will be a positive development for the NHS and for patients The increase in medical school places might be causing understandable challenges for universities, but training more doctor…
Record number of NHS England patients waiting for routine hospital treatment
Health secretary warns 5.45m figure will rise sharply even further, as result of backlog from pandemicSajid Javid has warned that the number of people needing hospital treatment in England is set to rise sharply, outstripping the new record of almost 5…
Diabetes ‘wakeup call’ as 1,500 children in England have type 2
Charity says government must do more to tackle childhood obesity with one in three now overweightHundreds of children and teenagers in England have type 2 diabetes, data shows, leading charities to describe the findings as a “worrying wakeup call” and …
Tell us: have you experienced delays to your NHS treatment?
We would like to hear from people whose NHS treatments or surgeries have been delayed due to CovidAs part of our coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK, we would like to hear from people whose NHS treatments have been delayed. Has your surgery or …
NHS England delays could lead to thousands of deaths, says heart charity
Long waiting times for hospital care mean heart patients could miss ‘window of opportunity’, report findsThousands of people with heart problems could die over the next few years due to increasingly long delays in NHS care, ministers have been warned.T…
NHS still not recognising British citizens’ overseas Covid jabs, says peer
Lord Paddick accuses government of ‘broken promises’ after Pfizer jabs received in Norway go unrecognisedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBritons vaccinated abroad are still struggling to get their jabs registered with the NH…
NHS waiting lists could top 15 million in four years without major rise in capacity
Overspend of at least £5bn likely, says Nuffield Trust – but cabinet is deeply split over size of future funding settlementThe waiting list for NHS care in England could rise to 15 million people in the next four years without a significant increase in…
Covid disrupted treatment for 30% of NHS cancer patients, survey shows
Research by Cancer Research UK also found only 60% thought their care was ‘very good’, down from 84%Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAlmost three in 10 cancer patients had their treatment disrupted when the NHS suspended much…
Marcus Rashford urges health staff to spread word about food vouchers
Healthy Start scheme for weekly vouchers not taken up by 40% of eligible low-income households Footballer Marcus Rashford is calling on health workers to spread the word about free food vouchers for children from low-income households after it emerged …
NHS drops from first to fourth among rich countries’ healthcare systems
Thinktank says longer wait for treatment since Covid pandemic is main reason, in study of 11 countriesThe NHS has lost its prestigious ranking as the best health system in a study of 11 rich countries by an influential US thinktank.The UK has fallen fr…