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

Healthcare emergency

A&E departments overwhelmed with minor cases as primary care sector struggles to keep up with demand

Colchester NHS trust giving staff £3k less than promised, union says

NHS bosses in Essex have been accused of reneging on a pay deal and withholding £3,000 in wages owed to staff.

Make it easier for those with lung cancer symptoms to get tests, experts say

MORE people with lung cancer symptoms should be able to self-refer for tests rather than wait for a GP to approve, experts have suggested.

Scottish government accuses of ‘setting up GP practices to fail’

THE SCOTTISH government is “setting up GP practices to fail” with patient to doctor ratios “spiralling out of control,” Labour warned today.