43 h. ago NHS spends £1.8bn a year on private firms, says GMB in call to end outsourcing

The union said the figure could be even higher as half of trusts it approached did not reveal their spending.

Economics

46 h. ago Rachel Reeves in standoff over policing and council budgets days before spending review

Chancellor still at negotiating table on Sunday as Home Office demands more cash Rachel Reeves has been locked in a standoff over the policing and council budgets just days before this week’s spending review, which is set to give billions to the NHS, defence and technology.Yvette Cooper’s Home Office and Angela Rayner’s housing and local government ministry were the two departments still at the negotiating table on Sunday fighting for more cash, after weeks of trying to reach a settlement. Continue reading...

Economics

3 d. ago NHS to get up to £30bn as other services squeezed in spending review

NHS leaders warn expected settlement will not be enough to enable recovery and reform

Economics

3 d. ago NHS to get up to £30 billion as other services squeezed in spending review

NHS leaders warn expected settlement will not be enough to enable recovery and reform

Economics

3 d. ago Starmer goes all in on NHS with PM set to hand health service £30bn spending boost at expense of other public services

The government is putting all its eggs in one basket as it lines up the Department for Health for a £30billion cash boost at next week's spending review.

Economics

4 d. ago ‘NHS says I’m too big for surgery — now I’m spending my pension on weight

Exclusive: 72-year-old who worked for the NHS for 15 years denied operation that would stop her daily pain because her BMI is too high

Economics

2 w. ago NHS list of 14 different insect bites, their symptoms and how to treat them

As the UK basks in warm weather, Brits are spending more time outside. The NHS has now shared a list of some of the insect bites you could have

Politics

3 w. ago 'I'm a mum who works for the NHS – I stopped buying five things to save money'

A mother-of two, who works for the NHS, revealed her own series of spending cuts in a bid to show how she and her children were suffering under the cost-of-living crisis

Economics