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As resident doctors began a new round of industrial action on Friday, it felt very like the other 49 days of strikes since March 2023, with…

Everybody has a horror story about NHS waiting lists. If it isn’t you, then it’s probably your neighbour, your friend, your elderly parent; trapped in an…

Hospital consultants are gearing up to join resident doctors in striking over pay in a move that could cause huge disruption for the NHS and present…

The British Medical Association is acting like a cartel and its “antics” are endangering the NHS’s future, the health secretary has said before the latest doctors’…

You report (7 November) that Barts Health trust’s takeover of a fully equipped, state-of-the-art private hospital is “thought to be the first time the NHS has…

A woman whose daughter killed herself on a “death trap” mental health ward in London has called for urgent change after an NHS trust was fined…

Social media misinformation is driving men to NHS clinics in search of testosterone therapy they don’t need, adding pressure to already stretched waiting lists, doctors have…

Public satisfaction with the NHS is at its lowest ever level, according to the most recent British Social Attitudes survey: just 21% of patients are quite…

Wes Streeting has failed in an attempt to end the long-running resident doctors’ dispute with a new offer to them, which means their five-day strike next…

Women must be given clearer warnings on the potentially fatal dangers of giving birth at home and should only be aided by experienced midwives, experts have…