10 h. ago NHS waiting lists slashed by 206,000 as private sector brought in to help

More than 6 million tests and operations for NHS patients were delivered by independent healthcare providers over the past year, a rise of almost 500,000 on the year before

Politics

19 h. ago Patients urged to go online before A&E under NHS digital first plans

The three-year roadmap for the NHS has promised to slash waiting lists and ‘strip out layers of bureaucracy’

Science

33 h. ago Surgeons at hospital do TWELVE prostate ops in a single day using high

Enlarged prostate is a common non-cancerous condition that affects older men but many patients wait months for care.

Science

9 d. ago Huge demand for popular new drug behind long NHS waiting lists

Some groups are waiting more than a year for crucial exams

Events

1 week ago Two reasons for long NHS waiting lists — and weight loss jab demand is partly to blame

Some groups are waiting more than a year for crucial exams

Politics

1 week ago Just like Harry Judd, my child has Pathological Demand Avoidance. It's not bad parenting. It's a real condition and this is what it's really like

The 'A' word was first mentioned when Eddie was a toddler and had speech and learning delays, but we didn't join the NHS waiting list for an assessment until after his first year at school.

Society

1 week ago My son has Pathological Demand Avoidance, just like Harry Judd's. It's not just bad parenting. It's a real condition and this is what it's really like

The 'A' word was first mentioned when Eddie was a toddler and had speech and learning delays, but we didn't join the NHS waiting list for an assessment until after his first year at school.

Politics

2 w. ago ‘Brummies united against racism’: poster campaign takes on the far right

A message of neighbourly solidarity is thriving in Birmingham against a backdrop of racist intimidationWhen Mus unfurled the leaflet lying on her driveway, she was left shocked, angry and upset. “White Britons are already a minority in London it is clear that if these trends continue white people will become a minority in Britain,” it read.The leaflet, written by a far-right group, was distributed along her street three years ago in Moseley, a leafy suburb of Birmingham. It went on to blame NHS waiting lists, a shortage of social housing and even traffic on “the rising population”. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago NHS waiting list progress grinds to a halt as top medic flags 'critical issues'

Labour’s NHS recovery is on a knife edge and the health service needs a cash injection to increase capacity, surgeons warn

Politics

2 w. ago Kemi Badenoch takes on Labour's trade union allies with call for a BAN on doctors' strikes and vow to save academy schools' freedoms

In her keynote speech to the Conservative conference in Manchester, Mrs Badenoch said NHS waiting lists were being kept high 'for far too long' by industrial action.

Events

3 w. ago Get young people to volunteer in hospitals to cut NHS waiting lists, government urged

A YouGov poll found a third of 18 to 24-year-olds would consider giving up their time to volunteer in the NHS

Politics

3 w. ago How to get the best and cheapest private healthcare: As demand soars amid NHS waiting list crisis and Budget VAT raid fears, here's everything you need to know before you switch

Private healthcare costs have risen by a typical 15% in the past year as the NHS struggles with rising waiting lists.

Economics

3 w. ago Starmer to promise new NHS ‘online hospital’ to help cut waiting lists

The Prime Minister will announce the scheme at Labour’s conference

Politics

3 w. ago NHS ‘online hospital’ will help cut waiting lists, Starmer to announce

The scheme, which will begin operating in 2027, will deliver up to 8.5 million extra NHS appointments in its first three years, Labour claimed.

Science