9 h. ago As ambulance leaders turn to technology, how will the NHS navigate the ‘Wild West’ of AI?

The government has promised that the NHS will become the most AI-enabled health system in the world. But how will it work for the emergency services, when getting it right is a matter of life or death? Rebecca Thomas speaks to health leaders navigating the issue

Politics

11 h. ago New NHS boss admits dysfunction across health service 'makes me want to cry' as she says postcode lottery in care is 'a stain on our country'

Dr Penny Dash, who has previously worked as a hospital doctor, senior manager and director in the NHS, tore into 'poor management' of resources in England's hospitals.

Politics

22 h. ago One street wins £1m as latest postcode lottery winners in Wales revealed

Four households won big sharing the Millionaire Street prize last month

Economics

37 h. ago Woman thought she hit the Postcode Lottery jackpot until she opened her prize

One People's Postcode Lottery winner has been left floored after a man in red turned up at her door and handed over her prize - it was the last thing she was expecting to open

Events

61 h. ago People's Postcode Lottery results: The winning streets for June 28 to July 4

Many people across the country have won the Postcode Lottery in the last seven days

Politics

2 d. ago Half of MPs are on fat jabs and they LOVE it, says Wes Streeting as it's revealed Brits could soon get weight

The 10-year plan for the health service says there is a need to expand access to weight-loss services and treatments and bring them closer to where patients live and work.

Politics

3 d. ago The Doctor in your pocket will see you now! But will ministers really be able to deliver the all

The NHS App will use AI and become the 'digital front door' of the health service under the proposals designed to ease pressure on hospitals and GPs.

Politics

3 d. ago Soon you'll get fat jabs for free at the local shopping centre, as per new NHS plan

The 10-year plan for the health service says there is a need to expand access to weight-loss services and treatments and bring them closer to where patients live and work.

Economics

4 d. ago In 1948 a Labour government founded the NHS. My job now is to make it fit for the future | Wes Streeting

Our 10-year plan, backed by an extra £29bn, will transform the service through AI and neighbourhood care – and hand power back to patientsWes Streeting is secretary of state for health and social careThere are moments in our national story when our choices define who we are. In 1948, Clement Attlee’s government made a choice founded on fairness: that everyone in our country deserves to receive the care they need, not the care they can afford.That the National Health Service was created amid the rubble and ruin of the aftermath of war makes that choice all the more remarkable. It enshrined in law and in the service itself our collective conviction that healthcare is not a privilege to be bought and sold, but a right to be cherished and protected. Now it falls to our generation to make the same choice.Wes Streeting is secretary of state for health and social care Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago Private healthcare groups criticise ‘minimum’ waiting times for NHS operations

Dispute erupts over ‘artificial’ targets as Starmer prepares to set out government’s 10-year plan for health service

Culture

4 d. ago The NHS will slash red tape so it can deploy the latest technology faster to all hospitals and end a postcode lottery in care

Firms will only need to prove the safety and effectiveness of their products once, rather than wasting time making separate submissions to each trust.

Science

5 d. ago British doctors will be given priority for NHS jobs under plans to make the health service 'self

The plan looks to create a ‘self-sufficient’ workforce by 2035, saying that less than 10 per cent of new recruits should be from overseas

Society

6 d. ago NHS to use AI ‘alarm system’ to prevent future patient safety scandals in world

Health secretary Wes Streeting said the technology, a world-first to be introduced as part of a new 10-year plan for the health service, would save lives

Science

7 d. ago Britain’s ‘medieval’ health inequality is devastating NHS, experts say

Exclusive: Health service estimated to be spending £50bn a year on effects of deprivation and child povertyBritain in 2025: sick man of Europe battling untreated illness crisisDowning St has a radical change in mind for the NHS: shifting its focus from treatment to preventionBritain’s “medieval” levels of health inequality are having a “devastating” effect on the NHS, experts have warned, with the health service estimated to be spending as much as £50bn a year on the effects of deprivation.Rising rates of child poverty have led to a growing burden on hospitals, with the knock-on cost to the NHS comparable to the annual defence budget. Continue reading...

Events

7 d. ago UK weather: heatwave could result in hottest ever start to Wimbledon

As temperatures climb, London fire brigade highlights ‘severe’ risk of wildfiresThe latest heatwave is expected to push temperatures close to record levels for June and result in the hottest ever start to Wimbledon.Amber heat alerts remain in place until Tuesday evening for all of southern, western and eastern England with a warning of excess deaths particularly among those over 65, and increased demand on health and social care services. Continue reading...

Society

8 d. ago Supermarkets could face fines for failing healthy eating targets in obesity crackdown

Labour health secretary issues warning over future of health service ‘unless we curb the rising tide of cost and demand’ caused by obesity epidemic

Events

8 d. ago Patients are kept away and seen as an 'inconvenience', says NHS boss

The new chief executive has warned the NHS could lose the population if it does not reconnect with the public

Science

8 d. ago NHS keeps public away and patients are seen as 'inconvenience', health service's new boss says

Sir Jim Mackey, who was made chief executive of NHS England on March 31, has publicly criticised the health service for often being 'deaf' to criticism and retaining 'fossilised' methods of working.

Science

9 d. ago NHS keeps patients away because they are an inconvenience, new boss admits ahead of shake

Failing to listen to public frustrations could mean the end of a national health service, warns Sir Jim Mackey, as Labour prepares to unveil its 10-year plan for the NHS next week

Science

9 d. ago NHS keeps public away as patients seen as ‘inconvenience’, new boss says

Sir Jim Mackey’s statement comes as he prepares to implement a 10-year health plan to be published by the Government next week.

Science