Browsing: NHS

GPs and hospitals will be required to share patient data under legislation to be announced in the king’s speech on Wednesday.Legislation to create a single patient…

The trade union representing doctors across the UK has dropped its opposition to the findings of the Cass review of gender identity services across the NHS.The…

A woman denied a permanent form of birth control on the NHS over fears she might regret it, while men were allowed contraceptive procedures, has won…

More than 500 people have received potentially life-saving care thanks to Martha’s rule, which gives hospital patients the right to seek a second opinion about their…

I am an advanced clinical practitioner in acute respiratory medicine, and the British Medical Association’s (BMA) characterisation of practitioners like me as unsafe “substitute doctors” demands…

Dozens of MPs are opposing Wes Streeting’s decision to award himself power to dictate what the NHS pays for drugs amid growing concern the move may…

A mother who lost her baby a week after an “unsafe” home birth that went against medical advice was failed by the NHS, an inquest has…

As she battles cancer, my mum fears that she will forget to tell her consultant something important. Like many people with complex and chronic health needs,…

MPs have queued up to demand the government scraps its £330m NHS contract with the spy-tech company Palantir, calling it “dreadful” and “shameful” in a debate…

It is a revolution that might just save the NHS – and the high street. Imagine being able to have your eyes tested, mole examined or…