Six Children Die With Strep A Bacterial Infection
Six children have died with an invasive condition caused by Strep A – including five under 10-year-olds in England since September –... Read More
Forty-Hour Ambulance Waits As NHS Delays Worsen
More than 10,000 ambulances a week are caught in queues of at least an hour outside accident-and-emergency units in England, a BBC... Read More
Lack Of Ethnic Diversity Among Egg And Sperm Donors
A report into the growth of egg and sperm donation in the UK has found a lack of ethnic diversity among donors.... Read More
Big UK Trial To Find Best Drugs To Fight Flu
With flu cases rising, UK Covid scientists are turning their attention to finding the best life-saving drugs to fight the winter virus.... Read More
NHS Chiefs In Scotland Discuss Having Wealthy Pay For Treatment
NHS leaders in Scotland appear to have discussed abandoning the founding principles of the service by having the wealthy pay for treatment.... Read More
NHS Care Backlog Push At Serious Risk – National Audit Office
The plan to tackle long waits in hospital treatment and cancer care in England by 2025 is at serious risk, the spending... Read More
Desperate NHS Paying Nurses Up To £2,500 A Shift
NHS bosses are increasingly paying premium rates for agency staff to plug holes in rotas, the BBC has found. Spending in this... Read More
We Need More Immigrant Workers, Says Next Boss
The chief executive of High Street chain Next is urging the government to let more foreign workers into the UK to alleviate... Read More
Sharp Rise In Cancer Care Delays ‘Risking Lives’
There has been a sharp rise in long waits for cancer therapy in the past four years, BBC analysis shows. The number... Read More
