George ‘Power To The People’ Osborne?
The prime minister and the chancellor are joined at the hip in a programme to own the centre ground and to shift it to the right at the same time.
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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?
Junior doctors have voted overwhelmingly in favour for the first ever all-out strike action in the history of the NHS.
Junior doctors could strike despite an apparent offer of more pay from the government. Are they right to be suspicious?
To tackle the obesity crisis, a “sugar tax” should be levied, alongside other measures to restrict the marketing of high sugar foods and drinks to children, health officials recommend.
Thousands of doctors are expected to join a protest in London over the Government’s plans to impose a new contract.
London Mayor Boris Johnson challenges his Conservative leadership rival George Osborne to protect the low paid when his welfare reforms are introduced.
The prime minister and the chancellor are joined at the hip in a programme to own the centre ground and to shift it to the right at the same time.
Tens of thousands of people in Manchester march in protest against government police as the Conservative party hold their annual conference in the city.
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.
The government says it wants most hospital doctors on seven-day contracts by the end of this parliament, claiming thousands of patients are dying unnecessarily thanks to lack of weekend cover. The British Medical Association says its members welcome a seven-day NHS, but it wants to know how ministers propose to pay for the extra hours. The…
All babies in England and Wales are to be offered vaccines against meningitis B from September, the government announces.
New rules obliging the NHS to report when something has gone wrong, are not to be applied to private clinics and GPs, warns a patients’ charity.
The Conservatives promise to spend an extra £8bn a year on the health service by 2020 – but critics say they have not spelled out how they will pay for it.
A new report is urging councils to find out where lonely elderly people are living – so they can reach out and offer help.