Swinney promises ‘new course’ for NHS, one that is ‘better than it is now’

SNP First Minister John Swinney says he will inspire a “new course” for NHS Scotland, promising patients’ experience will be “better than it is now

Scottish First Minister defends embattled health secretary at FMQs

SNP First Minister John Swinney rallied once more to the defence of his embattled health secretary Neil Gray who faces growing calls to resign.

More people access talking therapies to help them return to work

THE number of people with mental health problems receiving employment advice to help them return to work has risen sharply, NHS data suggests.

London hospital advertises for ‘corridor care’ nurses

Royal College of Emergency Medicine says advertisement is ‘normalising’ patients being treated in the corridors

Welsh government asked to cover Powys Teaching Health Board’s funding shortfall of £9.9m

OPPOSITION parties continued their onslaught on the Welsh government’s record on the NHS in Wales today, claiming that patients in Powys would be f

NHS staff reaching mental health ‘breaking point’

NHS staff are reaching “breaking point,” a mental health non-profit service for front-line workers warned today amid mounting pressure on the healt

Starmer plans to ‘embed profit-seeking parasites’ into NHS, campaigners warn

Editorial Starmer's private healthcare fixation puts ideology before patients

KEIR STARMER says he is expanding NHS dependence on the private sector because he is “not interested in putting ideology before patients.”

Campaigners demand end to private firms parasitising the NHS as pressure mounts on service amid flu surge

CAMPAIGNERS demanded an end to funding private firms parasitising the NHS today as pressure mounts on the health service amid a surge in flu hospit

Labour's plans to sell GP data to private sector ‘make no sense’

Campaigners warn Labour's ‘pro-business approach to data’ has ‘potential for further loss of public trust’ in the NHS