Health

Wes Streeting MP joins Krishnan Guru-Murthy to talk about his journey from a Stepney council estate to the Labour frontbench in Westminster, his optimism that poverty is a trap we can escape and his vision for an NHS ‘fit for the future’ on the eve of the 2024 UK general election, on this week’s Ways to Change the World podcast.

But three quarters of a century into its existence, the NHS seems to need ever more doctors and nurses to keep it going.

We spoke to Siva Anandaciva, chief analyst and author of the King’s Fund report, and began by asking him whether he thought the main reason for poor health outcomes was down to a lack of investment.

The NHS is performing substantially less well than health systems in similar countries, according to a detailed study from the influential think tank, The King’s Fund.

Dozens of babies have died or been left with brain damage at a maternity service accused of bad care and neglect, a joint investigation by Channel 4 News and The Independent has found.

The sister of a man with autism, who received a payout from his supported living provider after they were accused of neglect, has said there are “so many failings” across the “whole” care system.

Our political editor Gary Gibbon joins us from Westminster.

The government has been accused of blundering into a major error that will cost lives, if it goes ahead with plans to ease Christmas restrictions. This was the stark warning from two major health journals today. 

As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, scientists are rushing to carry out and publish research which will help us understand how the virus works, and how the disease it causes can be treated.

As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, scientists are rushing to carry out and publish research which will help us understand how the virus works, and how the disease it causes can be treated.

Joining us now from Leicester is the Shadow Health and Social Care Secretary – Jon Ashworth.

The NHS was already high up the list of election issues – but the data released today has shown just how big a point of contention this will be as the election campaign runs on.

Too many patients end their days in hospital, when they would far rather be at home with loved ones. Now, for the first time, a secure on-line system links patients with GPs, hospitals and even paramedics, so that everyone can instantly see where patients want to go – and whether they want to be resuscitated. The…

Today’s NHS England winter figures show the proportion of people waiting more than four hours in major accident and emergency units were the highest in the 70-year history of the health service. And that was just one set of figures out today that revealed the intensity of the pressure the NHS is under. There were…