Nurses, ambulance drivers and paramedics prepare to walk out as blame game escalates
Rail body makes ‘best and final offer’ after talks improve, while nurses’ union urges Sunak to ‘grab olive branch’
Move by Labour-led administration in Cardiff will increase pressure on Rishi Sunak to follow suit
NHS data show record number of 999 calls in December even as non-emergency waiting list declines slightly
Covid and flu hospitalisations soar over Christmas as emergency service delays worsen
Last-minute talks break down between unions and health minister Barclay as Sunak refuses to reopen NHS pay deal
NHS boss presses health managers to take steps to cope with the walk out by paramedics
Health workers in England and Wales reach their limit as rising costs compound a decade of austerity
US drugs maker also says low pricing of NHS purchases risks harming Britain’s push in life sciences
Worst delays ever for A&E units, hospital care and cancer treatments, data show
Royal College of Nursing members back first countrywide action in union’s 106-year history
Amanda Pritchard warns budgets will ‘only stretch so far’ with non-urgent treatment backlog at a record high
Coffey aims to stem exodus of senior doctors with pension change as she tries to tackle patient backlog
Almost 380,000 patients waiting more than a year for treatment, highlighting scale of challenge facing new PM
Push to create equivalent of 7,000 extra beds and boost recruitment follows testing summer for health service
NHS waiting lists reach record highs as treatment backlog climbs to new peak, data show
Javid says he asked officials to revise previous plans that would exclude under-65s
US data analytics group hires health service executives in bid to secure £360mn contract
Public debate has been riddled with confusing claims, technical incompetence and vested interests
JCVI’s provisional guidance limits top-up jabs to over-65s, frontline health workers and vulnerable younger people
NHS England set to be barred from procuring goods and services tainted by human trafficking or slavery
Fixed fee aims to incentivise pharma groups to develop new drugs and curb overprescription
Spending committee criticises health department for overseeing ‘years of decline’ on treatment waiting lists
US data analytics group will roll out its software across 30 hospital trusts following successful pilot
National Audit Office says NHS England must ‘take steps’ to ensure routine health services are not affected
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