The proportion of the NHS budget spent on private providers rose much more quickly under the last Labour government than it has since then. Our verdict This is overstating the available figures, which ...

NHS hospitals andf GP practices will be required to share patient data under new government legislation to create a single patient record.

More than two-thirds of doctors are uncomfortable with the use of private providers for NHS services, according to a new report by the British Medical Association. More than two-thirds of doctors are ...

The NHS is living on “borrowed time” and will not survive if Labour cannot improve it, the Health Secretary has said. Wes Streeting told leaders at the NHS Providers conference in Liverpool there was ...

NHS Providers and the NHS Confederation have confirmed plans to merge in April 2026, creating a new body to represent frontline organisations in the health service. The two NHS membership bodies have ...

NHS managers are worried about the quality of patient care and many believe Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s commitment to cut waiting lists will be difficult to achieve, according to a new report. A poll ...

Ongoing strikes and record-high waiting lists are just two of the challenges facing the new Health Secretary Victoria Atkins. The former financial secretary to the Treasury was appointed to her new ...

Pressure on daily core mental health services provided by the NHS is rapidly rising as trusts struggle to cope with lack of funding and increased demand, warns a coalition of organisations including ...

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The Health Secretary has said failing hospitals will be named and shamed in league tables and NHS managers sacked if they cannot improve. Health Secretary Wes Streeting delivering a keynote speech on ...