Sarah Neville

Saturday, 3 June, 2023

Tuesday, 30 May, 2023

National Health Service

NHS productivity lags as recruitment fails to keep pace with demand

Despite increasing staff numbers, services in England are struggling to match pre-pandemic treatment levels

Monday, 22 May, 2023

UK labour disputes

NHS junior doctors to strike for three days in June

Announcement of latest walkout in England comes after breakdown of talks with UK government

Monday, 22 May, 2023

UK politics & policy

Starmer sidesteps questions on how Labour would fund NHS reform

UK opposition leader promises to make greater use of technology to build health service ‘fit for the future’

Sunday, 21 May, 2023

UK politics & policy

Starmer vows Labour will get the NHS ‘back on its feet’

Health service a leading concern for voters with general election expected next year

Sunday, 21 May, 2023

McDonald's Corp

European asset managers take on McDonald’s over antibiotics

Legal & General and Amundi say antimicrobial resistance poses a wider economic threat

Saturday, 20 May, 2023

National Health Service

Staff shortages force UK doctors to pick which cancer patients to treat promptly

Royal College of Radiologists says ‘critical lack of capacity’ reduces sufferer’s chances of survival

Tuesday, 16 May, 2023

UK labour disputes

Nurses union chief to meet UK health secretary amid pay dispute deadlock

Royal College of Nursing’s Pat Cullen says she will ‘state the case’ for her members to Steve Barclay

Friday, 12 May, 2023

News in-depthConservative Party UK

Sunak sticks with five pledges despite local election losses

Many in the party want a bigger and bolder vision to capture voters’ imagination — and a better campaign machine

Thursday, 11 May, 2023

National Health Service

Waiting times for hospital treatment in England hit record high

NHS data showing 10,000 queued for 18 months will pile pressure on government’s pledge to cut waiting lists

Tuesday, 9 May, 2023

UK politics & policy

Sunak suffers setback after missing target on cutting NHS waiting lists

PM under pressure on the health service as Labour leader refuses to rule out coalition with Lib Dems

Tuesday, 9 May, 2023

NHS England

Sunak to allow pharmacists to prescribe some drugs directly

Measure for people with common ailments intended to cut waiting times to see a GP in England

Tuesday, 9 May, 2023

News in-depthHealthcare

Europe’s post-Covid healthcare problem: how staff burnout has hit services

Treatment backlogs and poor recruitment aggravate chronic mismatch between demand and resources

Monday, 1 May, 2023

Healthcare

UK partnerships with life sciences groups threatened by NHS pressures

Hurdles facing drug trials point to challenges for Britain’s drive for innovation

Friday, 28 April, 2023

UK labour disputes

Hopes of resolution in NHS dispute in England as GMB accepts pay offer

But teaching unions announce plans for fresh classroom strike ballots as public sector disputes continue

Friday, 28 April, 2023

News in-depthUK labour disputes

Royal College of Nursing alienates other unions in NHS pay dispute

The RCN’s tactics have angered other organisations seeking wage increases for health service workers

Thursday, 27 April, 2023

UK labour disputes

UK nurses’ walkout curtailed after court ruling but new rail action called

High Court judgment cuts short next week’s RCN stoppage as transport unions set fresh strikes in May and June

Friday, 21 April, 2023

UK labour disputes

UK government to take legal action over NHS nurses’ strikes

Employers’ advice indicates that RCN walkout in May would be unlawful

Monday, 17 April, 2023

UK labour disputes

Sunak pins hopes on union splits to secure NHS pay deal

PM betting some staff will back wage offer as figures show industrial action taking toll on health service

Friday, 14 April, 2023

UK labour disputes

Nurses in England to stage biggest strikes yet after rejecting pay offer

NHS ‘in limbo’ after Royal College of Nursing calls for 48-hour walkout affecting critical care

Friday, 14 April, 2023

UK labour disputes

Nurses’ rejection of pay offer leaves UK government strategy in disarray

Ministers had hoped deal would lead to similar settlements with striking public sector workers in England

Thursday, 13 April, 2023

National Health Service

One in 10 patients wait for more than 12 hours in A&E across England

As junior doctors take strike action the strain on the NHS is highlighted by official figures

Tuesday, 11 April, 2023

UK labour disputes

NHS leaders urge junior doctors and ministers to settle pay strike

‘Leap of imagination’ needed to end dispute that is causing ‘unprecedented disruption’ in England

Monday, 10 April, 2023

UK labour disputes

Junior doctors’ strike to force cancellation of 350,000 appointments

Hospitals across England rush to fill rotas as four days of industrial action begin

Friday, 7 April, 2023

UK labour disputes

Doctors’ union urges government to avert strike with ‘credible’ pay offer

British Medical Association warns health secretary that time is running out to prevent four days of action next week

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