It’s no coincidence that the next three days of the Conservative Party Conference will also see the biggest walkout by NHS doctors in history.
We spoke to the Conservative MP Steve Brine, who chairs the Health and Social Care Committee.
Now this year has been marked by repeated strike action across the UK: today it was England’s NHS consultants walking out again.
The former health secretary Matt Hancock has said he is ‘profoundly sorry’ for mistakes that meant the United Kingdom was not properly prepared for Covid-19.
We speak to Dr Vishal Sharma, a consultant cardiologist and chairs the British Medical Association’s Consultants Committee.
Senior doctors in England have overwhelmingly voted to strike for two days next month.
Victoria Macdonald
If this winter has identified anything it is that the health and social care system is not working together as well as it should. Indeed, some less kindly souls might say it’s barely working at all.
Victoria Macdonald
There are many doctors who would gladly have apologised when a mistake has been made but who will have been told by their management or their lawyers that they should do no such thing.
Victoria Macdonald
After eight years in limbo, the family of a woman who died on the operating table say the medical tribunal system has failed to give them justice.
Victoria Macdonald
Next month’s dementia summit is being described as a once in a lifetime opportunity to raise awareness of a condition which will affect one million people in the UK by 2020.
The Royal College of Nursing claims that there are nearly 20,000 unfilled nursing posts in England, putting patients at risk. FactCheck rolls up its sleeves to find out how unhealthy nursing numbers really are.
Victoria Macdonald
David Cameron has pledged nine pilot schemes for GP surgeries to be open seven days a week. What has not been addressed is the number of extra staff such a plan would involve.
Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham argues that the drop in nurse numbers is behind the failings in NHS care. Is he right that numbers are “dangerously low”? FactCheck dons its rubber gloves.
Victoria Macdonald
From April, GPs will become responsible for most of the NHS budget. What happens if family doctors want to refer patients to private firms in which they have a financial interest?
NHS beds are free flowing and not over occupied, the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, claims. Are they? FactCheck investigates.