North Sea collision: Police granted more time to question ship’s captain The man is being held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2025
Starmer insists ‘there’s no return to austerity’ despite benefits and civil service cuts The government has axed NHS England and is expected to unveil billions of pounds of cuts to benefit spending The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2025
OPINION - Margaret Thatcher would have loved Keir Starmer — he's now more Tory than the Tories With policies echoing Thatcher, Keir Starmer is steering Labour towards a more right-wing stance Evening Standard · Mar 13, 2025
NHS England: What is it and what does it do? The quango employs more than 15,000 staff. Evening Standard · Mar 13, 2025
What the latest NHS hospital figures for England show The number of people waiting more than 52 weeks to begin treatment has dropped below 200,000 for the first time since November 2020. Evening Standard · Mar 13, 2025
How an anti-evolution law a century ago set up an infamous showdown over religion in public schools Tennessee became the first state in the country a hundred years ago to ban the teaching of evolution in public school classrooms The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2025
Keir Starmer announces abolition of NHS England amid sweeping Labour cuts PRIME Minister Keir Starmer has announced the abolition of NHS England, which employs around 13,000 staff ... The National (Scotland) · Mar 13, 2025
Keir Starmer Plans to Scrap NHS England in Radical Health Service Overhaul! Sir Keir Starmer has announced NHS England will be abolished to “cut bureaucracy” and bring the management of the health service “back into democratic control”. The Fashion Central · Mar 13, 2025
Keir Starmer abolishes NHS England to bring health service back to ‘heart of government’ Up to 10,000 jobs at risk as prime minister seeks to slash costs and cut red tape The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2025
Starmer announces axing of NHS England to ‘cut bureaucracy’ in health service The Prime Minister said decisions about billions of pounds of taxpayer policy should not be taken by an ‘arms-length’ body. Evening Standard · Mar 13, 2025
Keir Starmer to abolish NHS England and bring health service under 'democratic control' as over 9,000 jobs cut The Prime Minister plans to abolish NHS England to cut bureaucracy and bring the health service under government control, promising better patient care Evening Standard · Mar 13, 2025
Keir Starmer scraps NHS England to put health service ‘into democratic control’ Health secretary says end of ‘biggest quango in world’ is final nail in coffin of Andrew Lansley’s 2012 reorganisation The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2025
More than 25% of patients having cancer checks wait over 28 days for answers Cancer targets are being missed in the NHS, though the overall waiting list for planned treatment is falling. Evening Standard · Mar 13, 2025
Though Starmer’s project is fragile, he’s taking one giant leap: to reconfigure the British state Headlines about Whitehall cuts obscure the real intent. The PM wants effective, dynamic administration that voters will believe in, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2025 Plan to cut thousands of civil service jobs in radical government shake-up Exclusive: Proposals also include cutting thousands of civil service jobs and restructuring NHS England
The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2025 Ten died of cancer after NHS blunder in England meant they were not invited for screening Further 10 diagnosed with disease after mistakes with GP registration process
Evening Standard · Mar 11, 2025 About 10 deaths linked to NHS screening error as thousands go unchecked People should have been invited for cancer screening but were accidentally missed.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2025 NHS England to cut workforce by half as Streeting restructures The health secretary will shrink NHS England’s workforce to save money and avoid ‘duplication’
The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2025 More NHS England bosses step down weeks after top doctor and CEO resign Resignations comes within weeks of NHS’s top doctor and boss both announcing departures
Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2025 NHS shake-up could see central roles halved, say health officials The news came as three more leaders are due to leave their posts amid major changes to the top of the NHS England team.
The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2025 Thousands of NHS England jobs at risk in ‘radical reduction and reshaping’ Roles at the central NHS body could ‘decrease by around half’ under new interim chief executive Sir Jim Mackey
The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2025 Referrals to NHS sexual assault centres rise by almost 18% in two years The rise follows campaigns to ensure more people are aware of the medical, practical and emotional support available,
The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2025 Jim Mackey should note that hospital systems are best led by doctors Letter: Amanda Goodall says the next boss of NHS England should give more decision-making powers and responsibility to outstanding doctors and clinicians
Evening Standard · Mar 6, 2025 NHS England’s medical director says ‘it’s about time’ he steps down The director became a household name during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025 Norovirus: NHS chief urges Britons to isolate for two days if feeling unwell amid second wave fears Professor Sir Stephen Powis asked those with symptoms to isolate for two days