DARK SECRETS: 2 - The Real Truth

Labour pledges to lower A&E waiting times and end NHS ‘corridor care’

A&E league tables will be published to drive up performance, according to the new plan for emergency care.

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2025

Government promises quicker A&E times under plan to help end corridor care

A&E league tables will be published to drive up performance, according to the new plan for emergency care.

Evening Standard · Jun 5, 2025

No evidence of fall in Covid rules compliance after Storey funeral, O’Neill says

Arlene Foster and Michelle O’Neill were asked about Stormont decisions on test, trace and isolate at the Covid inquiry.

Evening Standard · May 21, 2025

NHS overspending doubles to £1.4bn as MPs accuse officials of ‘remarkable’ complacency

Damning criticism in report from Commons committee after health secretary Wes Streeting said he could not rule out patients still being treated in hospital corridors next winter

The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025

Whitehall ‘group think’ and inter-departmental rows slammed by vaccine tsar

Dame Kate Bingham was commissioned by the previous government to help the UK secure vaccines during the pandemic.

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025

Single cigarette takes 20 minutes off life expectancy, study finds

Figure is nearly double an estimate from 2000 and means a pack of 20 cigarettes costs a person seven hours on average

The Guardian - UK · Dec 30, 2024

Covid victim’s daughter says legislative change needed over hospital visits

The Covid-19 Inquiry heard that Martina Ferguson had to argue with staff at a hospital for access in the days before her mother died in 2021.

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2024

NHS managers who silence whistleblowers to be sacked under Government proposals

A new statutory duty of candour making health bosses legally accountable for responding to concerns about patient safety could also be introduced.

Evening Standard · Nov 24, 2024

Streeting asks officials to analyse costs around law change on assisted dying

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the Department of Health and Social Care would examine the costs associated with a change in the law.

Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2024

NHS crisis ‘a million times worse’ than under Tony Blair, former health secretary warns

Alan Milburn said the NHS needs to be weaned off what he said was a ‘more, more, more’ culture

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2024