Politics

Advisers will take a cautious approach to Covid-19 infections in their businesses with many planning to maintain staff isolation when they test positive, even if the rules are lifted in England early....

The number of people waiting to start NHS treatment in England has hit more than six million after increasing by more than 100,000 in a single month, according to official data. Latest...

The British Medical Association (BMA) has raised concerns about the Conservative government's proposed increased use of private hospitals and healthcare providers as part of its plan to cut record waits for NHS...

A call for evidence to underpin a decade-long cancer plan for the NHS is being launched. The move comes just three years after the NHS Long Term Plan was published which contains...

The NHS is opening up greater access to dental appointments for two months in the early morning and at weekends for hundreds of thousands of patients due to a £50m cash injection....

The private hospital sector is earning a minimum of between £75m and £90m a month as a result of the deal struck with the NHS in England just to be on standby...

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is refusing to pay just £1,400 to analyse personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts worth £14.7bn, Health & Protection can reveal. The Conservative government has...

Royal London head of longevity Sacha Dhamani has warned the current stagnation around long-term care funding cannot continue as the pandemic has worsened an already “bad situation”. With the average time a...

The government's adult social care reforms have been criticised for failing to tackle the sector's immediate problems and are like "groundhog day" for care workers. A white paper released yesterday set out...

The National Audit Office has warned there is a real risk waiting lists and delays for treatment within the NHS in England will be longer in 2025 than they are today. It...