3 h. ago SNP Government most to blame for decline in public services across Scotland, poll finds

Scots are increasingly fed-up with the state of the NHS, schools, transport, roads and other key services on which they depend, according to a major survey.

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69 h. ago NHS Lanarkshire highlight healthcare services available during Easter period

On Friday, April 18, and Monday, April 21, many GP practices in the area will be closed.

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3 d. ago BBC Question Time sees dad share heartbreaking story which sparks debate on 'failing' NHS

Question Time on BBC One last night featured a debate around the NHS and its mental service provision, a topic raised by a father in Dartford, Kent, who waited two years for a referral for his child

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3 d. ago Patients and staff praise remarkable turnaround in NHS Out of Hours service for Forth Valley

The Out of Hours service once struggled to get staff but NHS Forth Valley board heard it's changed for the better

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4 d. ago Software provider fined £3m over ransomware attack that hit NHS services

The Information Commissioner’s Office said Advanced Computer Software Group had been fined over security failings that put personal data at risk.

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5 d. ago One of UK's oldest NHS workers to retire at 90 after six decades of service

"When I first started and was on the switchboard, it was very different to how it is here now. I'm definitely going to miss the company and all the chats."

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1 week ago Deaf TikTok star who took poison ‘failed’ by NHS services, inquest hears

Imogen Nunn told support worker she had ‘bought something online’ before she died in Brighton, mother saysA TikTok star who died after consuming a poisonous substance she bought online told an NHS support worker about the purchase a month before her death, an inquest has heard.Imogen Nunn took a poisonous substance and died in Brighton, East Sussex, on New Year’s Day 2023. The 25-year-old, who was deaf, raised awareness of hearing and mental health issues on her social media accounts, which gained more than 780,000 followers.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counsellor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Wes Streeting says making Brits healthier will help cut benefits bill

Writing exclusively for the Sunday Mirror, Mr Streeting argued cutting waiting lists and targeting areas of worklessness with “crack teams” to improve NHS services would help reduce demand for sickness and disability benefits

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2 w. ago Revealed: How abolished NHS England DESTROYED the health service...and is the reason you're waiting months to see a doctor

Established in 2013 under the Conservatives, NHS England was intended to give health service policymakers independence and autonomy from politicians.

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2 w. ago Revealed: How NHS England DESTROYED the health service...and is the reason you're waiting months to see a doctor

Yesterday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, announced NHS England's abolition, leaving its 15,000 staff blindsided. More than half will be sacked.

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2 w. ago Wes Streeting squirms when asked if scrapping NHS England means job losses for doctors and nurses

Wes Streeting squirmed when asked if abolishing NHS England to bring the health service back into government control would result in job losses for doctors and nurses.

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2 w. ago Is the health service being scrapped? What the abolishment of NHS England means FOR YOU

Prime Minister Keir Starmer today startled the nation after announcing he planned to scrap NHS England - which ministers have labelled the 'world's largest quango'.

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2 w. ago NHS England to be abolished to ‘cut bureaucracy’ and save millions – Starmer

NHS England is a public body delivering services with taxpayers’ money.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer to abolish NHS England and bring health service under 'democratic control' as over 9,000 jobs cut

The Prime Minister plans to abolish NHS England to cut bureaucracy and bring the health service under government control, promising better patient care

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer scraps NHS England to put health service ‘into democratic control’

Health secretary says end of ‘biggest quango in world’ is final nail in coffin of Andrew Lansley’s 2012 reorganisationUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has brought the health service back under the control of ministers by abolishing NHS England.The prime minister said the NHS should be overseen by politicians rather than an arm’s-length body, as it would bring greater accountability. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer to abolish NHS England and bring health service under 'democratic control'

The Prime Minister plans to abolish NHS England to cut bureaucracy and bring the health service under government control, promising better patient care

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer abolishes NHS England to bring health service back to ‘heart of government’

NHS England was created by the Conservatives more than a decade ago

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2 w. ago Starmer announces axing of NHS England to ‘cut bureaucracy’ in health service

The Prime Minister said decisions about billions of pounds of taxpayer policy should not be taken by an ‘arms-length’ body.

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2 w. ago Starmer announces NHS England will be abolished, with central government back running health service – UK politics live

PM says he is ‘bringing management of the NHS back into democratic control by abolishing the arms length body NHS England’Starmer is now talking about regulatation, and giving examples of where he thinks it has gone too far.l give you an example. There’s a office conversion in Bingley, which, as you know, is in Yorkshire. That is an office conversion that will create 139 homes.But now the future of that is uncertain because the regulator was not properly consulted on the power of cricket balls. That’s 139 homes. Now just think of the people, the families, the individuals who want those homes to buy, those homes to make their life and now they’re held up. Why? You’ll decide whether this is a good reason because I’m going to quote this is the reason ‘because the ball strike assessment doesn’t appear to be undertaken by a specialist, qualified consultant’. So that’s what’s holding up these 139 homes.When we had those terrible riots what we saw then, in response, was dynamic. It was str...

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last month New rehab service to help NHS staff with joint and muscle pain back into work

Musculoskeletal conditions are one of the leading causes of absence among NHS employees, the Government said.

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