11 h. ago Why girls are less likely to be put on transplant waiting lists than boys

Academics have found that some children in need of a kidney transplant are facing inequalities in their care

Politics

56 h. ago Killer police officer Wayne Couzens is 'allowed to jump waiting list' for £17,000 back operation on the NHS

Couzens, 52, who was found guilty of the kidnapping, rape and murder of Sarah Everard, was escorted from HMP Frankland in Durham to a nearby hospital for a lumbar procedure.

Events

3 d. ago Can I tame my 4am terrors? Arifa Akbar on a lifetime of insomnia – and a possible cure

From Van Gogh’s starry skies to the nocturnal workings of Louise Bourgeois and Patricia Highsmith, sleepless nights have long inspired heightened creativity. Could those artistic impulses actually help us to sleep?I can’t remember when I first stopped sleeping soundly. Maybe as a child, in the bedroom I initially shared with my brother, Tariq. I would wait for his breathing to quieten, then strain to listen beyond our room in the hope of being the last one awake, and feel myself expanding into the liberating space and solitude. By my early 20s, that childhood game of holding on to wakefulness while others slept began playing out against my will. Sound seemed to be the trigger. It was as if the silence I had tuned into as a child was now a requirement for sleep. Any sound was noise: the burr of the TV from next door, the ticking of a clock in another room. When one layer of sound reduced its volume, another rose from beneath it, each intrusive and underscored by my own unending thoug...

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5 d. ago DVSA reveals 'best time' to book driving test as backlog remains at record high

The driving test waiting list exceeded 600,000 for the first time ever this month

Politics

7 d. ago Scottish Government must solve NHS waiting list crisis as service 'is dying'

"The reality is we now have a two-tier system where those who can afford it pay and those who cannot have to continue suffering."

Events

1 week ago Desperate patients using unregulated ADHD services due to long NHS waiting lists

A study found NHS ADHD waiting lists are now unacceptably long

Science

1 week ago ADHD waiting list led to rise in unregulated private providers – report

A new report suggests there is no evidence of over-diagnosis of ADHD in the UK.

Politics

1 week ago All of Donald Trump's options in Iran as president faces biggest decision yet

Will Donald Trump bow to Netanyahu’s calls for escalation in the Middle East, hold his nerve and wait, or listen to MAGA voices urging him to pull back from the brink?

Politics

1 week ago Emma Raducanu’s stalker blocked by Wimbledon after name found in ballot

Man given restraining order in Dubai on ticket waiting listAll England Club employ fixated threat specialistsEmma Raducanu’s stalker has been blocked from buying tickets for this month’s Wimbledon Championships in the public ballot, it has emerged.Security staff at the All England Club discovered that the man, who has never been named, was on the waiting list when they did a re-sweep of the ballot, after he was given a restraining order in Dubai in February. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Lutnick hails Trump’s $5mn investor visa as almost 70,000 apply

Programme to grant foreigners legal residency in US in exchange registers 68,703 people on waiting list

Economics

2 w. ago ‘I’ll use private sector to help clear NHS backlog’, says Streeting

The health secretary said it would be ‘foolish’ to rule out a greater role for the private sector in the NHS

Politics

2 w. ago Millions of patients to be treated by GPs instead of hospitals under radical reforms to cut NHS waiting list

NHS bosses claim half of the 135 million hospital outpatient appointments every year are 'pointless' and follow-ups and consultations could instead be done in high-street surgeries.

Science

2 w. ago NHS waiting lists fall to lowest level in two years...but number of patients waiting over a year on the rise

The news comes after Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave the NHS a cash injection of an extra £29 billion per year.

Science

2 w. ago NHS waiting lists at lowest for 2 years as service may have 'turned the tide'

New NHS data for England shows 7.39 million treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of April, down from 7.42 million the previous month

Politics

2 w. ago NHS waiting list for planned treatment falls to lowest level in two years

Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting said the Government was ‘putting the NHS on the road to recovery’.

Politics

2 w. ago NHS gets an extra £29billion a year but waiting list targets may STILL be missed, health chiefs say

Economists described the real-terms rise as 'substantial', with the health service budget now equal to the entire annual income of Portugal.

Economics

2 w. ago Reeves announces £6 billion to provide millions of NHS tests and procedures

Some four million more tests and procedures could be provided by the funding, with the aim of reducing NHS waiting lists.

Economics

2 w. ago Labour promised people we would rebuild Britain – and that’s what we’re doing | Keir Starmer

This week’s spending review marks a new stage in the mission of national renewal, built on the foundations laid last yearKeir Starmer is the prime minister of the United KingdomThe mandate we received from the British people could not have been clearer. First, we had to stop the chaos and return Britain to economic stability. Second, we had to turn the page on Tory decline with clear Labour choices. Third, we were instructed to rebuild our country.Wednesday’s spending review turbocharged that rebuilding. It is an investment in Britain’s renewal, so working people have more money in their pocket, more pride in their community and more hope for their children’s future. It’s what people voted for. An NHS cutting waiting lists, with care closer to the community. Wealth and opportunity no longer hoarded by only a few towns and cities. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago No guarantee waiting lists will fall to hit targets, health leaders say

The NHs will see a large proportion of the extra cash swallowed by pay rises for staff and existing commitments, experts say.

Events

2 w. ago NHS 'will miss Keir Starmer's waiting list target' despite Spending Review boost of up to £30billion

Internal Department for Health modelling reportedly shows the NHS is on course to hit only about 80% by the end of the parliament

Economics