4 h. ago Robotics with ‘potential to transform’ surgery approved for NHS use in England

The new technology could lead to shorter stays in hospital and faster recovery times, experts have said.

Politics

28 h. ago Outpatient care ‘ineffective for both patients and staff’ – report

Leading doctors have set out a list of recommendations to improve care going forward.

Science

64 h. ago Patients with advanced skin cancer to test a new vaccine in NHS drive

The programme has already given thousands of patients better access to a personalised vaccine for bowel cancer.

Science

5 d. ago More than 1,000 people died from heat in England in 2024, figures show

The higher-than-expected number of deaths came despite relatively cooler conditions last year.

Events

6 d. ago Jim Ratcliffe is ‘trying to destroy’ everything at Man United, says Eric Cantona

Ratcliffe has raised ticket prices and undertaken swingeing cuts resulting in significant job losses since his arrival in February 2024

Politics

6 d. ago America's No1 carmaker stuns workers with job cuts as bosses grapple with Trump's car tariffs

The firm is hitting pause on part of its American-made electric future.

Economics

6 d. ago Plans to close Cardiff University nursing school paused as job cuts scaled back

The university’s vice-chancellor said ‘alternative proposals’ have been put forward.

Culture

6 d. ago NHS meets key cancer target amid warning that patients still face delays to care

The overall waiting list for treatment also fell for the sixth consecutive month.

Events

6 d. ago Supermarket price war heats up as Tesco cites ‘very competitive market’

Chief executive Ken Murphy also refused to rule out fresh job cuts as the supermarket targets a further £500 million in savings this year.

Economics

6 d. ago Live updates as Cardiff University expected to backtrack on proposed cuts

It is understood that the level of cuts and job losses may be scaled down

Politics

6 d. ago Live updates as Cardiff University says school of nursing won't close in major U

The level of cuts and job losses has been scaled down

Culture

7 d. ago A lifesaving midwife in Afghanistan: Noriko Hayashi’s best photograph

‘This woman was nine months pregnant but had never had a checkup. Anisa is listening to the baby’s heartbeat with a stethoscope. After foreign aid cuts, including Trump’s, she is now out of a job’My home country, Japan, is one of the safest places in the world to give birth: it has one of the very lowest mortality rates in Asia. A few years ago I had the opportunity to work on a story about midwives in Japan, and I became very interested in their role. In November 2023 I travelled to Badakhshan province in the northeast of Afghanistan, the country with the highest maternal mortality rate in Asia. I wanted to meet midwives there and see how they support women.The Badakhshan province is far from Kabul, with rugged terrain and poor transportation and medical infrastructure. In winter, heavy snowfall blocks roads for months. Women who are about to give birth are sometimes carried on donkeys escorted by family members or neighbours on multi-day trips to clinics. The literacy rate for wom...

Culture

8 d. ago Northern Virginia leaders plead for state's help amid federal job cuts

Northern Virginia leaders are urging lawmakers to enact emergency legislation to help stabilize their local economy as the White House cuts federal jobs

Politics

8 d. ago NHS spending watchdog slams ‘inconsistent’ rehab access for brain injured

Experts warned that people can see heir condition ‘decline’ without the right support.

Events

8 d. ago NHS England job cuts down to ‘failure of the system’, Streeting says

The Health Secretary also said reports suggesting the cuts could cost up to £1 billion is not an ‘unreasonable ballpark figure’.

Events

1 week ago Quangos could be forced to close or merge under Whitehall review

It comes after Sir Keir Starmer announced last month that NHS England would be abolished.

Events

1 week ago Major action launched to abolish MORE official bodies in same way as NHS England

Hundreds of official organisations across Whitehall could be abolished or merged - after it was announced that arms-length body NHS England will be axed last month

Events

1 week ago US prepares for deadly floods with many National Weather Service offices understaffed

Dangerous weather comes after Trump administration job cuts left nearly half of offices with 20% vacancy ratesDonald Trump on Friday approved an emergency declaration for Kentucky as the central US braces for what experts in the region have warned could be a “generational” flooding event, as severe spring storms that have killed at least seven continue to wreak havoc.Millions are affected across a swath of the US stretching from Texas to Ohio, and the powerful storm system that has raged for two days is expected to stall over the country’s midsection, the National Weather Service (NWS) said, fueling further deluges and possible tornadoes in areas already drenched from thunderstorms bringing heavy rains. Continue reading...

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1 week ago RFK Jr says 20% of Doge’s health agency job cuts were mistakes

Health secretary says roles will need to be reinstated amid Trump administration’s push to slash federal workforceUS politics live – latest updatesAround a fifth of the 10,000 jobs cut from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were done in error and will need to be corrected, the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has admitted.Mass layoffs from the health department began this week amid a push by Donald Trump’s administration to shrink the size of the federal government workforce. Union representatives were told around 10,000 people were to lose their jobs ahead of further reductions that could see the department’s 82,000-strong workforce slashed by nearly a quarter. Continue reading...

Society

1 week ago David Lammy says Trump has taken US economic policy back 100 years with ‘return to protectionism’ – UK politics live

David Lammy, foreign secretary, says UK is ‘a nation that believes in open trade’ and says government is negotiating with US over economic agreementThe official plan to increase access to NHS dental services in England has been a “complete failure”, and some of the government’s initiatives have worsened the crisis, a damning report warns, Andrew Gregory reports.David Lammy, the foreign secretary, is at the Nato HQ in Brussels this morning, where Nato foreign ministers are meeting. Speaking to the media, he said President Trump was taking US economic policy back almost a century by embracing protectionism. He said:The United Kingdom, like France, is a great maritime nation.We are a nation that believes in open trade, and I regret the return to protectionism in the United States, something that we’ve not seen for nearly a century. Continue reading...

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