Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

INSANE: Department for health and social care - The Real Truth

Health secretary warns of ‘chilling slippery slope’ as he orders review of costs of assisted dying

Wes Streeting has asked the Department for Health and Social Care to look at costs of assisted dying bill

The Independent UK

NHS needs ‘significant’ uplift or faces cuts in areas Labour hopes to improve

Analysis suggests that the health service is heading for a multibillion-pound overspend this financial year.

The Independent UK

Disposables vapes must be banned to protect children – commissioner

Dame Rachel de Souza said it was ‘insidious these products are intentionally marketed and promoted to children’.

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

The patients with treatable eating disorders who are dying before the NHS can help them

Exclusive: Thousands of adults have been left waiting for months for care. Health correspondent Rebecca Thomas reveals how this is leading to avoidable patient deaths

The Independent UK

Department of Health wasted £15bn on unused Covid supplies, watchdog finds

National Audit Office finds ‘extraordinary waste’ along with failures of governance, oversight and financial controls

The Guardian - UK

NHS unions to boycott powerful pay body which Tories used to force through carer cuts

The government plans to halt NHS strikes by promising a fast-tracked pay deal next year but Unite have told the Mirror it will either refuse to participate or enter submissions

Daily Mirror

Government to sue Michelle Mone-linked firm for £122million over Covid PPE deal

The Department for Health and Social Care has issued legal proceedings against PPE Medpro, which has been at the centre of a row after Tory peer Baroness Mone took a leave of absence from the Lords

Daily Mirror

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Minimum age to buy cigarettes could increase in the UK

The age to buy cigarettes could increase from 18

Liverpool Echo

Government ‘asleep at the wheel’ as NHS job vacancies hit ‘staggering’ high

‘We cannot afford to lose a single professional, and patients pay a heavy price,’ warns Royal College of Nursing chief

The Independent UK

Regular covid tests for hospital patients without symtoms to be paused

Symptomatic testing in high-risk settings will continue

Manchester Evening News

Lawyer demands payment for infected blood victims and families within 14 days

Des Collins, senior partner at Collins Solicitors, said he would be stepping up pressure on the Department for Health and Social Care on Monday.

The Independent UK

Government issues advise for schools as Met Office delivers first ever red weather warning

Earlier today the Met Office issued a red weather warning for the first time ever

Nottingham Post

Government aims to tackle racial disparities with mental health reforms

The Department for Health and Social Care published the draft of the Mental Health Bill on Monday.

The Independent UK

Huge plans to ‘massively improve’ urgent care at Stepping Hill Hospital take another big step forward

An outline business case for a new £30m campus was recently signed off by both NHS England and the Department for Health and Social Care.

Manchester Evening News

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Experts who warned over Covid risk to care homes were told they were ‘too risk averse’

A promise to test hospital patients for Covid-19 before moving them into a care home was also removed from official guidance

Manchester Evening News

"Now I'll take the Government to court for my dad": Ruling on Covid deaths in care homes 'opens floodgates'

"They were trying to hide it, trying to stop it. Now I can seek justice for my dad. But it’s not just my father, it’s for the people who didn’t have a voice.”

Daily Mirror

Covid PPE waste exposed as HALF of suppliers gave items that could not be used

A report from the National Audit Office found the Department for Health and Social Care is still dealing with issues over almost 10,000 Covid contracts drawn up to purchase around 38 billion PPE items

Liverpool Echo

Government writes off billions wasted on PPE during pandemic

New documents from the Department for Health and Social Care show huge amounts wasted on useless equipment

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Royal College of Nursing

National Audit Office

82 stories

Zuma Press Wire

54 stories

Public Health England

47 stories

the Nuffield Trust

34 stories

Department for Health and Social Care

18 stories

PHE

12 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.