Sajid Javid: Doctors too often ‘ignore’ women’s pain
Doctors too often “ignore” women’s pain, Sajid Javid said as he called for change in the wake of the Shrewsbury maternity scandal. Writing for The Telegraph, the…
The public have lost faith in our NHS religion
Are we starting to fall out of love with the NHS? Time was when it was considered heresy to even ask such a question. In 1992, Nigel…
Voters know that the NHS needs reform
On this night two years ago, millions of people stood on their doorsteps for the second week running to applaud the NHS as it grappled with the…
Our obsession with ‘natural birth’ is failing mothers and their babies
Afterwards, a healthy baby wrapped beside me, all I felt was wonder and gratitude. My daughter’s birth seemed miraculous, every single person involved a saint. The NHS…
The Ockenden Review must urgently deliver real change in the NHS
No parent should ever have to bury their own child. But to do so because a hospital refused again and again to learn from the same mistakes…
Being ‘the party of the NHS’ is a poisoned chalice for the Tories
The Ockenden report into maternity care at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust will undoubtedly elicit concerned sentiments from past and present health secretaries. The brutal fact that…
Ockenden Review: 201 babies and nine mothers ‘could have survived’ Shropshire maternity scandal
Her report also found that incidents that should have triggered a serious incident investigation were “inappropriately downgraded” by the trust to its own series of “high risk”…
Public satisfaction with GPs falls to worst level on record
Public satisfaction with GP services has fallen to the lowest level on record, new figures show, as perception of the NHS as a whole dropped to the…
Outrage as NHS hospitals told to target more private patients, despite record waiting list
A number of trusts, particularly in London, generate substantial income from privately paying patients, some of whom travel from abroad. Professor Pat Price, leading oncologist and co-founder…
NHS trusts ask men if they are pregnant before having scans
Men are being asked if they are pregnant before undergoing scans at NHS trusts in England, it has emerged. Male cancer patients and those having X-Rays and…
‘Extraordinary’ failings of NHS criticised after surgeons wrongly blamed for 67 deaths
A coroner has criticised “extraordinary” shortcomings in a NHS report that wrongly blamed a team of award-winning surgeons for the deaths of dozens of patients. The report…
Blood test to diagnose pre-eclampsia to be offered on NHS for first time
In new draft guidance, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) said midwives caring for pregnant women can use one of four blood tests to…
Enlarged prostate symptoms to be treated in 20 minutes by new NHS steam therapy
Thousands of middle-aged men who suffer from enlarged prostates will be offered 20-minute steam treatments, under an NHS drive to offer speedier and more efficient care. Health…
Inside the private clinic that could Americanise our health system
Tom Mihaljevic laughs. “No, we do not charge extra for rooms with a view.” He’s laughing because that view is of Buckingham Palace, and Mihaljevic is the…
NHS moving towards ‘Uberisation’ of GP services, warns Jeremy Hunt
The latest official data show that around 60 per cent of GP appointments were held in-person in January, down from around 80 per cent before Covid. Mr…
Hospital told police patient was not raped because alleged attacker was transgender
A hospital told the police that a patient could not have been raped because her alleged attacker was trans, the House of Lords has heard. The attack…
How we’re beating the HRT shortage
“Pharmaceutical companies say that they have struggled to keep up with the high demand for product,” says Harris, “meaning that stock has been low for some time…
A cancer diagnosis or an all-clear within 28 days under new NHS plans
More than 27,000 people who were referred by their GPs were stuck in backlogs at the start of January, according to the NHS figures – a record…
Doctors treating gender dysphoria feel ‘pressured to adopt unquestioning approach’
Doctors feel “pressured to adopt an unquestioning approach” when treating children with gender dysphoria, an independent review has found. The Cass Review is an independent report being…
Our NHS maternity wards need more than pre-emptive apologies
God help any pregnant woman who’s been watching This Is Going to Hurt, the BBC drama series based on the bestselling book by Adam Kay. Before he…
Suspected cancer patients to get diagnosis or all-clear within 28 days under new NHS plans
More than 27,000 people who were referred by their GPs were stuck in backlogs at the start of January, according to the NHS figures – a record…
NHS pair accused of bribery cleared after trial collapses
Senior NHS officials accused of accepting £70,000 in bribes have been acquitted after their trial collapsed. Medicine boss Paul Jerram and GP Dr David Turner were accused…
‘Women don’t have it as good as men when it comes to healthcare’
Her job title might be long and bureaucratic-sounding, but Caulfield’s remit embraces fundamental aspects of living: better access to GPs; better access to NHS dentists through revamping…
NHS to pay for patients’ taxis and hotels if they go to hospitals away from their home
Mr Javid suggested the NHS will also pay for travel and accommodation for people who are using NHS services that are far from their homes, and that…
NHS child gender clinic forced into U-turn over ‘bombardment of wokery’
England’s only NHS child gender clinic has been forced to remove the Black Lives Matter logo from new staff email signatures after whistleblowers objected to a “bombardment”…