How the poor get ‘managed’ off waiting lists
Every couple of months, some prominent media personality suggests people should pay upfront for more of their healthcare. This is … Read more
Climbdown on NHS conflict of interest rules as doctors told they will not have to declare private earnings
Doctors will not have to declare their private earnings, health officials have ruled, in a climbdown on NHS conflict of … Read more
National Insurance rise may solve NHS and social care crisis, says MP
National Insurance may need to rise to solve the crisis in the health and social care systems, says an influential … Read more
Every London NHS trust misses A&E waiting target as winter crisis bites
The full extent of the NHS winter crisis was revealed today as figures showed that every health trust in London … Read more
A&E in England had worst delays ever in January, leak suggests
A&E patients in England experienced the worst month of delays in January since a four-hour target was introduced 13 years … Read more
Cumbrian ambulance boss warns maternity transfer plans are ‘not clinically safe’
Ambulance boss Derek Cartright does not believe controversial plans to transfer women more than 40 miles while in labour are … Read more
Number of patients stuck in hospital ‘far higher than NHS data shows’
The number of patients trapped in hospital despite being fit to leave is three times higher than official data shows, … Read more
NHS doctors call on prime minister to increase spending
About 2,000 senior NHS doctors have written to Prime Minister Theresa May to urge her to increase spending on health … Read more
CCGs claim rationing decision based on Right Care programme
Last month HSJ revealed that Redditch and Bromsgrove Clinical Commissioning Group, alongside South Worcestershire and Wyre Forest CCGs, intended to … Read more
Fears of ‘two-tier NHS’ as GPs allow fee-paying patients to jump the queue
Family doctors in Bournemouth have set up the first private GP service at which people who pay up to £145 … Read more