US-UK drug deal could result in 229,000 excess deaths in England, analysis suggests Analysis reveals extent of impact on NHS of placating Donald Trump over price of British medicine exports The Guardian - UK · Jul 1
‘I want him to be proud of me’ – MP running London Marathon in brother’s memory Josh Fenton-Glynn will run the 26.2 miles through the capital in memory of his brother, Alex English, who died in January 2025 from a rare cancer. Evening Standard · Apr 24
NHS medical negligence persisting in England ‘despite 24 years of warnings’ MPs on influential committee excoriate health department and NHS England for errors costing £3.6bn a year The Guardian - UK · Jan 30
Alleged abuse victim faces nine-year wait for justice as court backlog forces trial delay He says the delay is ‘incomprehensible’ The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2025
NHS services ‘up and running this weekend’ as doctors enter final days of strike Resident doctors will return to work at 7am on Monday. Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2025
Risk to women of severe bleeding after giving birth at five-year high in England Rate rises by 19% compared with 2020, prompting fresh concerns about NHS maternity care The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2025
London hospitals brace for ‘historic winter crisis’ as 12-hour-plus A&E waits hit new high Record numbers of patients are enduring long delays for emergency care, with flu cases and ambulance calls spiking as winter strikes loom Evening Standard · Dec 2, 2025
NHS corridor care now year-round crisis in England, experts say About 74,150 patients waited at least 12 hours on trolleys in June and July, a situation almost nonexistent 10 years ago The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2025
NHS data reveals A&E ‘Uber ambulance crisis’ in England, say Lib Dems Party says figures highlight growing loss of faith in ability of services to be there for people when needed The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2025
Almost a quarter of elective operations in England cancelled at last minute took longer than 28 days to rearrange Figures revealed by Lib Dems also show cancellations not rescheduled within required 28 days doubled in nine years The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2025
Ministers admit failing to assess impact of thousands of NHS job cuts in England Exclusive: Failure to assess impact of axing thousands of NHS managers described by critics as reckless The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2025
Mapped: Worst areas for GP appointment waits revealed The Independent maps the worst regions of the UK for GP waits of 28 days or longer The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2025
Lib Dems to urge Government to ‘end corridor care’ by 2029 at spring conference Liberal Democrat health spokeswoman Helen Morgan will call for a £1.5 billion fund to safeguard hospitals over the colder months. Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2025
Amount of five-year-olds with rotting teeth rising in parts of England – data The figures relate to five-year-olds with any enamel and/or dentinal decay and show that 37% of children in the most deprived areas are affected. The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025
The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2025 Half of hospitals failing to declare critical incidents despite 12 hour waits in A&E Exclusive: New figures reveal the extent of the crisis hitting the NHS as Trusts are accused of leaving patients ‘in the dark’ over local services
The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2025 Johnson plan to build 40 new hospitals ‘unachievable’, Streeting told Health secretary to set out revised plans in Commons after warning from the Infrastructure and Projects Authority
The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2025 Patients dying near toilets and treated in car parks as ‘corridor care’ crisis laid bare Nurses are at breaking point around the UK as a survey shows nearly seven in 10 have to provide care in overcrowded hospital corridors on a daily basis
The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2025 Starmer accused of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ as A&E waits up 400-fold in a decade It comes after 20 NHS trusts across England declared critical incidents as the number of people in hospital with flu continues to rise
Evening Standard · Jan 7, 2025 NHS dentistry is at ‘death’s door’, Streeting tells MPs Health Secretary Wes Streeting said 700,000 extra urgent dental appointments would be delivered ‘as fast as we can’.
The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2025 Use of NHS app will ‘free up phone line’ for elderly lacking tech skills The Health Secretary told MPs he believes in ‘different courses for different horses’ as the Government announced new targets for access to NHS app.
Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2024 Streeting hints at help for health organisations hit by national insurance rise Wes Streeting said he recognised the pressures that organisations which provided care outside the public sector were facing.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2024 GP care analysis casts doubt on Labour pledge to ‘bring back the family doctor’ Patients will increasingly see nurses, physiotherapists or pharmacists instead of GPs, says Frontier Economics study
The National (Scotland) · Jun 20, 2024 SNP minister continuously interrupted by Victoria Derbyshire on BBC Newsnight Neil Gray was continuously interrupted on a BBC Newsnight special tackling the issue of the NHS...
The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2024 The Tories are fixating on Reform. They should be focused on a far bigger threat Ed Davey’s Lib Dems have fought a smart campaign – and it is they, not Nigel Farage, who have the pulse of middle England, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2024 Trigger Point Season 2 – from Vicky McClure to Kerry Godliman, who’s playing whom? The hit show is back for a second season, and there are some new faces