65 h. ago Using an asthma inhaler in the wrong way could cause your TEETH to fall out

My 38-year-old daughter was recently told by her dentist she could lose her tooth due to her inhalers prescribed for her life-long asthma. If she needs dental bone grafts, would the NHS pay?

Politics

6 d. ago Woman who earned over £1m as a fake doctor ordered to pay money back to NHS or risk more jail time

She pretended to be a qualified doctor for more than 20 years

Economics

7 d. ago Fake doctor ordered to pay NHS £400k or face serving two extra years in prison

A bogus shrink has been ordered to pay back the NHS more than £400,000 or face two-and-a-half more years in prison.

Economics

7 d. ago Fake psychiatrist ordered to pay back £406k to NHS after bogus 20

Zholia Alemi was sentenced to 7 years in jail after being found guilty of 13 counts of fraud and two counts of using material to falsify medical qualifications, among other charges

Economics

7 d. ago Bogus doctor told to pay NHS more than £400,000 or face longer jail term

Zholia Alemi, 62, was jailed in February 2023 for seven years after she committed a string of fraud offences.

Economics

2 w. ago Wes Streeting warns junior doctors that going on strike for six months over pay would 'choke' NHS recovery

The Health Secretary squared up to the British Medical Association as a new poll suggested support for industrial action by medicals is falling.

Events

2 w. ago Voices: Are doctors right to threaten more NHS strikes over pay? Join The Independent Debate

Resident doctors are voting on strike action after rejecting the government’s latest pay offer, reigniting a fierce debate over fair pay, patient care, and the future of the NHS workforce

Events

2 w. ago Voices: The NHS is finally on the road to recovery – I urge doctors not to go on strike

This government inherited an NHS on its knees – for the sake of the patients, I hope that resident doctors decide against a strike that would only set back the clear progress we are making, says health secretary Wes Streeting

Sport

2 w. ago Militant resident doctors launch strike ballot over NHS pay and call for walkouts... firing the starting gun on a Labour 'summer of discontent'

The British Medical Association is urging members to support up to six months of walkouts, with fears other public sector workers could follow.

Sport

2 w. ago Resident doctors fire the starting gun on a Labour summer of discontent by launching a strike ballot over NHS pay

The British Medical Association is urging members to support up to six months of walkouts, with fears nurses, teachers and other public sector workers could follow.

Events

2 w. ago Teachers and doctors to get 4% pay rises but strike threat looms

The Government has confirmed NHS staff and teachers in England will get above-inflation pay hikes but the British Medical Association is threatening strike action, while the National Education Union warned it could register a dispute

Events

2 w. ago Furious nurses vote whether to strike over lower NHS pay award than doctors

Government announces 'above inflation' pay awards of 4% for doctors and 3.6% for nurses and most other NHS staff who are now balloting whether to accept the deal

Events

2 w. ago Furious nurses vote whether to accept lower NHS pay award than doctors

Government announces 'above inflation' pay awards of 4% for doctors and 3.6% for nurses and most other NHS staff who are now balloting whether to accept the deal

Politics

3 w. ago Binman caught with illegal shotgun gets extra time in jail for trying to avoid prison by inventing 28

Paul Berryman, 62, faced an automatic five years behind bars for the offence. His lie at Norwich Crown Court led to him receiving a total of six years in jail.

Events

4 w. ago NHS bosses who fail to cut waiting times to have their pay docked

NHS bosses could be paid £45,000 to move to struggling areas, while underperforming executives could have their pay cut by £15,000

Economics

4 w. ago Failing NHS bosses face having annual pay rises docked under new measures

Department of Health and Social Care said a 'carrot and stick' approach will also see CEOs who cut waiting times and boost patient services rewarded with bonuses of up to 10%

Economics

4 w. ago Bonuses and pay rises for NHS chiefs ‘reward not a right’, says Streeting

Failing NHS chiefs could have their salaries docked by up to £15,000 under ‘carrot and stick reforms’.

Events