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Parliament is falling down: what goes on inside needs repair too
The flummery, obscurity, ya-booing, and the rest, for all its theatrical entertainment, suggest a state living in the Dark Ages.
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According to NHS Digital, there were a total of 285,893 nurses and health visitors working across the whole of the NHS in March this year, compared to 280,950 in May 2010.
The Tories have come under fire after announcing reforms to social care policy in their manifesto last month. But amid the media furore, you might have missed the detail of the policy and the subsequent u-turn. What could it mean for you?
Media reports say that a bad Brexit deal could double the UK health bill for British expat pensioners. But the statistics appear to be inflated.
The flummery, obscurity, ya-booing, and the rest, for all its theatrical entertainment, suggest a state living in the Dark Ages.
We keep asking, but when the constant refrain of Government Department press officers is “no Minister available”, how can we hold those in power to account for their actions?
Thousands of junior doctors take part in a second one-day strike over plans to bring in a new contract that will oblige them to work more weekends. Emergency care is still being provided.
George Osborne says he is spending an “unprecedented” amount on the NHS. So why do critics insist there is a historic squeeze on budgets?
Few believe that the extra money will do much more than pay off the ever increasing deficits and meet increased pension demands.
Warnings are coming thick and fast from all quarters that the NHS is under intense strain. That’s before junior doctors have voted on possible industrial action. And the winter hasn’t even started.
Junior doctors could strike despite an apparent offer of more pay from the government. Are they right to be suspicious?
A stark warning to the health secretary from the presidents of nine Royal Colleges about the impact of proposed new contracts for doctors on morale, staff retention and patient safety.
Government advisers warn that the British diet should be made up of no more than 5 per cent sugar – just seven teaspoons and half of the current advice.
All babies in England and Wales are to be offered vaccines against meningitis B from September, the government announces.
Changes to A&E waiting times and targets are much easier to understand, but probably not that easy for hospitals to make it happen.
A new report warns that more cancer deaths will be caused by obesity than by smoking, due to a rapid increase in the number of people becoming overweight.