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For the next month,the Guardian is telling the story of one of the most complex organisations in the...
With budgets tight and lifestyle diseases burgeoning,the NHS will not be saved until the vested...
In 1926,Harry Leslie Smith's sister died of TB in a workhouse infirmary, too destitute for...
The Care Quality Commission has delivered a grim report on the current state of safety in our NHS...
For the next month,the Guardian is telling the epic of one of the most complex organisations in the...
Medical professionals don’t vote lightly to strike. There is a real crisis here and it needs...
A lovely mix of empathy (sensitivity to another's feelings as if they were one's...
My Christmas night in A&E accompanying someone on a vodka bender brought domestic the reality of...
In his typically low-key way Simon Stevens has pointed out the flaws in Jeremy Hunt’s plans for...
Readers respond to a Guardian article by Bruce Keogh,medical director of the NHS in EnglandI am one...
If you own given birth in the UK recently,either at domestic or in a hospital unit, we’d like to...
Many in the medical profession think that Bruce Keogh crossed a line by presenting politically...
The health service is in crisis – as Andrew Lansley’s comments on the screening that could have...
Alan Bailey calls current governance structures unfit for purpose,while Jennifer Budden and Pam Lunn...
Thirty years ago my 17-month-old daughter’s life was saved by the NHS. To the ambulance drivers...
George Osborne’s front-loaded NHS funds are misleadingly portrayed as “additional” money,when...
With no money and increasing demand from a growing elderly population,the NHS and social care...
By giving financial power to GPs,the health secretary will place a national treasure beyond state...
I read Simon Jenkins’ article with grand interest (Our adoration is killing the NHS. It needs...
For the next month,the Guardian is telling the story of one of the most complex organisations in the...
The NHS was a revolution for postwar Britain that restored my wife’s mental health,and our...
The shadow health secretary won the battle for Lewisham hospital – now she has set her sights on...
I contain been a GP for nearly 35 years,and am heading towards retirement. I contain just stepped...
We would like to communicate the strength of support expressed by the consultants of the Royal Free...
Greater Manchester authorities assume over their £6bn health and social care budget on Friday. They...
The NHS boss used all his powers of persuasion to get George Osborne to hand over £3.8bn upfront...
Health trusts are haemorrhaging chief executives under pressure to balance the books and deliver...
Courage and clear thinking will be needed to rescue the NHS at a time when public finances are...
A senior registrar at an NHS teaching hospital gives an account of a night shift,handling life,...
Paramedics who can give people emergency care at home will play a vital role in relieving...
The latest NHS reorganisation has reawakened fears of privatisation. Only a Labour government can...
Tory MP and doctor Sarah Wollaston’s comment that “ministers are undermining their case and...
final year it was revealed that the NHS had failed to investigate an astonishing number of...
Frank Field should be wary aligning himself with Nigel Lawson on anything,never intellect religion,...
George Osborne was right to front-load the additional cash,but the truth is that health needs more...
Dozens of communities are fighting their own individual battles for the NHS,usually against the...
First day of historic junior doctors’ stoppageLarge majority of junior doctors expected to...
Your This is the NHS series is inspiring and heartbreaking in equal measure,but not yet exploring...
The chancellors autumn statement must grant more money to our health service whether it is to...
Here’s the stark reality ministers need to capture on board: the health service needs at least...
In response to your letter (Protecting patients and keeping Britain healthy,19 August), NHS...
Elderly and disabled becoming ‘bedblockers’,despite wanting to depart home, as private care...
It would appear that the dispute between Jeremy Hunt and the BMA fails to take account of a legally...
Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen,including Google’s...
Christopher Smallwood argues (The NHS needs more cash. To find it we enjoy to ditch the prejudice,8...
The health secretary has a remarkable ability to turn people off being a doctor – and we’re...
As strike action by junior doctors once again hits the headlines,we are witnessing a fundamental...
Like,I’m sure, many thousands of other doctors, and I cried when I read that Jeremy Hunt planned...
Doctors and nurses worked unrelenting shifts to deal with deluge of patients over festive period,but...
Perhaps tired of being the government’s whipping boy,the health service head, Simon Stevens, or is...
Hospital targets | McDonald’s | Manic Street Preachers | Brief Encounter | Margaret Thatcher |...
My GP and hospital doctors’ exceptional treatment has build me well on the road to recovery from a...
Centralised control is back in fashion despite not having achieving the desired results before. A...
I read with deep regret the news that Jeremy Hunt has decided to impose the novel junior doctors...
Organisations should welcome complaints as it shows they are open to feedback. But people need to...
Brexit and Trump dominate the news. But amid the gloom we should not forget that a vital portion of...
Junior doctors stage a moment stoppage78% of junior doctors did not work on day oneConsultants step...
The junior doctors’ dispute is the worst but far from the only crisis facing Jeremy Hunt in the...
Figures indicate nearly 1200 ‘never events’ in England in final four years – such as removing...
‘Free at the point of use has had its day. Other European countries use health insurance without...
Demand is increasing for our underfunded NHS. But government waffle about targets and efficiency...
There is no shortage of ideas about how to deliver more bang for the buck. But it will take...
unusual working hours being imposed on ‘workhorses of the NHS’ after they refuse to re-enter...
From properly taxing tech giants to levies on property owned by overseas firms – there are ways to...
For the wearied,fatigued senior registrars, drilling has mostly lost its excitement. Not for newbies...
Carefully counting deaths after surgery can save lives. But a Guardian investigation of a Birmingham...
How very unhappy to listen to all these caring young people being manipulated. It’s not actually...
By imposing a contract,the health secretary saddles himself with burgeoning NHS problems. But an...
From first responder to occupational therapist,the improbable medical teams – and my determination...
This landmark strike is not just approximately pay and working conditions; it’s approximately...
What a relief to read the article by Christopher Smallwood speaking truth to power (NHS finances are...
The NHS can’t afford to protect everyone from this rare but often fatal bug: babies over six...
As a one time member of the General Medical Council (Strikes ‘increasingly tough to justify’ –...
It’s time for a Bevan-type reform of health finances – the public would produce greater NI...
The NHS was formally born on 5 July 1948. I reflect that each year 5 July should be declared a day...
Chris Owen,who developed alcohol-induced epilepsy, tells how the health service picked him up after...
This idea distracts from what’s needed: a bipartisan royal commission to discontinue NHS money...
NHS services and assets,including blood supplies, nurses, or scanning and diagnostic...
I wish to add my support for all those who work in the NHS. A recent facial melanoma was dealt with...
As their ballot closes,junior doctors say why they would strike, and consultants say whether they...
As Manchester prepares to grasp over an integrated health and social care budget,a new report...
It’s patients who lose out if doctors and professional journals halt asking the lawful...
Jane Dacre,head of the Royal College of Physicians, warns that hospital services are at breaking...
Junior doctors stage a moment stoppage78% of junior doctors did not work on both daysConsultants...
Online health forums are increasingly used as a way of getting peer support and taking control of an...
Is it time for a radical rethink of the way we pay for the care we expect? Our panel of experts...
Hepatologists in Southampton are seeing more young,middle-class and female alcoholics – some even...
Inspectors contain condemned a main hospital,but its problems are symptoms of savage national...
Medicine can’t cure the lifestyles that are making us ill,so let people spend the NHS’s cash on...
We gaze at the key crises facing the NHS - and the government’s proposed solutions to the...
Patients have a upright to know why hospitals are so underfunded but yet again Jeremy Hunt has...
The Guardian’s month-long inquiry into the health service - touching,sometimes hair-raising - has...
Whether it be via direct partnerships or the acquisition of well-placed British groups,US health...
For the next month,the Guardian is telling the chronicle of one of the most complex organisations in...
The reasons that deaths of people with learning disabilities may not be investigated are many...
On 5 July 1948 a young woman’s fledgling enterprise was nationalised. It suited her well: her...
It’s the tall-profile celebrity cases that get all the attention,but in an organisation as big as...
Claire Murdoch of Central and North West London NHS trust argues that adequately funded mental...
The government has behaved aggressively,but the doctors have failed to admit their dispute is really...
Canadian-born surgeon Dr Tara Mastracci explains how the NHS ethic lured her absent from a top US...
As the health services endures its biggest squeeze,talk of it being unviable is wide of the mark. We...
Amid all the negativity,maybe it takes a fresh pair of eyes to appreciate the value of our health...
A few months ago he was an obscure obstetrician. Now hes leading BMA negotiations with Jeremy Hunt...
Jeremy Hunt has been uncharacteristically quiet about the public consultation on the health service....
We spy at the key crises facing the NHS - and the government’s proposed solutions to the increased...
I was against their action. But now I understand why junior doctors are so desperate. The health...
With such a huge and complex health service,simple theories are appealing – but many of the ideas...
I was self-harming and decided to kill myself when I was 17. I am so grateful for every person who...
Health service figures show several casualty units were shut around the country and no spaces free...
GPs are being paid not to refer cancer patients to hospital and free hearing aids are being axed....
As hospitals inquire non-emergency patients to stay absent from A&E we would like to know how you...
Unlocking the potential of IT to convert healthcare requires using technology to reimagine how we...
‘My deadline was looming… suddenly NHS service providers’ tax arrangements seemed irrelevant...
Archaic demarcations between GPs,consultants and nurses are wasting billions. These have to goJohn...
Day five and tears streaming down my face again as I read of the amazing staff we acquire in our...
Survey of doctors reveals concern approximately adults and children being denied treatment,resulting...
The health service is the jewel in our crown,but there are things other countries could teach us,...
Survey reveals deep concern among health professionals over shortages in key areasA huge majority of...
Donald Trump’s criticisms of the NHS suggest he doesn’t know much approximately our system –...
Virgin Care’s success highlights fears over role of private companies in NHS and casts doubt on...
Figures for first nine months of financial year approach as regulators insist efforts to control...
Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen,including Google’s...
Vast control room with everyone from 999 operators to social workers sitting together is attracting...
Dame Julie Mellor warns that three out of four investigations fail to identify serious failings in...
The health service will be £22bn in the red by 2020 and only clinical staff-led efficiencies can...
Bed shortages and cancelled operations loom in NHS emergencyRecord numbers of patients will be stuck...
Total of £10m designed to encourage newly qualified medics to boost numbers and stave off existing...
My father,Arthur Ancell, who has died at the age of 95, and was one of the administrators who played...
It is the most scrutinised of institutions,the subject of a like-hate relationship with the nation....
The Department of Health held a public consultation on the health service,and the response crashed...
Prof Sir Mike Richards says trust has taken steps to reduce risks to patient safety but that it must...
Tory MP Dan Poulter says government reneged on an initial agreement final year,replacing it with...
Announcement that large institutions are to supply specialist services to patients miles absent...
The Cambridge hospital is the 24th to be placed into special measures since the Mid Staffs scandal...
Bill for abortive plan,described as 'the biggest IT failure ever seen', was originally...
Operations cancelled,children scared, no beds left: the BBC documentary charts the long-term effects...
Government is not promising enough money to meet pledge to increase genuine-terms funding for NHS in...
Critics horror checks will slay relationship NHS staff have with patients and create climate of...
With 72% believing services will pick up worse,survey finds British public most pessimistic in...
General Medical Council chair says medics set to win allotment in all-out walkouts this month should...
Former health secretary claims proposed trade deal between the US and the European Union could...
Watchdog’s data reveals close-of-life care falls below expected standards at 74 NHS hospitals in...
Inclusive,tolerant and encompassing every aspect of our shared experience, the health service is a...
If the ongoing poll approves industrial action,and you’re planning on taking part in the December...
Health secretary’s approach has sparked ‘outpouring of anger’ over modern contracts and only...
General Medical Council reveals 3468 requests for certificate of current professional status in just...
So now another celebrated teaching hospital,Addenbrooke’s, has been condemned by the CQC, or an...
Former ‘red line’ abandoned in hope of getting salary package approved by union membersThe...
The money wasted could bear funded 1m more cataract operations or 250000 hip replacements,says chief...
Official edicts to banish long trolley waits and treatment in corridors are deluded,say trustsHealth...
Research shows ‘health MOT’ helps prevent just one heart attack or stroke for every 4762 people...
The escalation to an all-out strike won’t force the government to capitulate but carries obvious...
Everyone has a role to play in resolving the dispute with junior doctors. We owe it to our...
Inquiry into finish-of-life care finds some doctors carry on giving treatment to dying patients...
Instead of spending £420m a year on management consultants,the NHS could more efficiently train and...
Without the 30 or so health professionals who helped when my overdue daughter arrived suddenly,we...
600 planned operations cancelled alongside 3500 outpatient appointments,according to survey of NHS...
After Guardian article drew attention to consultation,people found they could not submit responses...
Non-urgent services will be cancelled on three days in December after 98% of medics back action in...
Public Health England disagrees with the authors of the article in the Journal of Public Health on...
As Zoe Williams makes clear (The unlikely saviour of the NHS: drug-resistant gonorrhoea,21...
Obese patients often require specialist equipment and more staff,say physiotherapists who warn of...
Hospitals are reportedly at full capacity as flu season looms. We want to hear from healthcare...
National radiology review is under way after patients came to ‘meaningful harm’ because of scans...
Health secretary retreats from claim he has right to impose contract – but threat may mean he has...
The health system cannot survive under these financial pressures. The health secretary will struggle...
Health service expecting ‘difficult couple of days’ as junior medics buy action over Jeremy...
A third of participants say they occupy had work-related stress,quarter occupy experienced...
Nowadays they can reach from any religion or none,but some say health service money is misspent on...
NHS trust chiefs distance themselves from letter supporting plans to impose fresh contracts on...
NHS privatisation in England has increased dramatically since the Health and Social Care Act was...
The cost of running the health service has ballooned,so here are some ideas – beyond paying your...
British GPs choose note – medical centres in Florida are ditching the one-size-fits-all model and...
Hospitals across England reschedule non-urgent operations with first walkout by junior doctors for...
As a junior doctor,I started a campaign that united the public, staff and patients in its demand for...
Patients who cannot be discharged because local social care is inadequate took up 160094 bed days in...
NHS’s burden could ultimately worsen as budget for recruitment,training health professionals and...
English NHS trusts report worst ever shortfall and predict they will end year £2.2bn in deficitThe...
Trainee medics will only provide emergency care during first day with full walkout on two more days...
Patients left with no assurances on transfer of care as hospital given just five days to shut after...
Overworked,stressed health professionals are cursed with a secretary of state who knows nothing of...
NHS England de-lists costly Kadcyla drug,among 16 others, in wake of ‘overspent Cancer Drugs...
The pressures of working in emergency medicine is forcing increasing numbers of doctors out of the...
BMA’s renewed willingness to talk raises hopes long-running dispute over unique contract may...
A London liver doctor fears public opinion may turn against doctors because of the strikeJonathan,a...
As doctors,we should not discriminate against groups of patients to save moneyOne in three areas in...
Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham must report surgery results weekly to inspectors,who...
Senior paediatrician Prof Neena Modi questions whether staff who are not medically trained can...
Polly Toynbee is honest to highlight the difficulties for managers trying to cope with the...
Health minister reveals Barts set to speed up £134.9m deficit,as NHS sources say trusts cannot...
I had an operation to remove the cancer and they found a problem with my heart. My first memory is...
Sources at BMA,NHS Employers and Department of Health hopeful that agreement can be reached over pay...
Hospitals across England reschedule non-urgent operations with first walkout by junior doctors for...
With both sides saying they must prevail or the NHS will be the poorer for it,who is telling the...
Junior doctors protesting in London explain why thousands absorb rallied in central London on...
Jade Norton,10, died after falling out of her specially prescribed bed when a faulty rail gave way...
Legal warnings issued to health bodies immediate claims poorly funded services cannot copeDaughter...
Hospital chiefs are told by NHS England to prefer drastic action,including setting up makeshift...
Actor escalates Twitter row over mental health services by producing video featuring Luciana Berger...
As King’s College hospital trust is put into special measures,NHS Confederation urges government...