Jeremy Hunt leaves health secretary role as culture secretary takes over
Jeremy Hunt has been appointed foreign secretary, with digital, culture, media and sport secretary Matt Hancock named as his successor … Read more
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Theresa May’s NHS pledge decried as sticking plaster
Full Story in The Guardian, 18 June 2018 Theresa May’s plans to increase NHS funding by 3.4% is a “sticking … Read more
NHS patient deaths to be investigated by medical examiners
Full story in The Guardian, 11 June 2018 Medical examiners will investigate patient deaths in the NHS as part of … Read more
NHS has lost 1,000 GPs since Jeremy Hunt set workforce target
Full story in Pulse, 15 May 2018 The GP workforce in England is continuing to decline, as official statistics reveal … Read more
Jeremy Hunt warned over private hospitals safety after death of NHS patient
Full story at HSJ 23 April 2018 The safety of NHS patients treated in private hospitals has been raised directly … Read more
Judicial review into A&E closure given the green light.
Full story at HSJ 15 March 2018 A High Court judge has granted a judicial review for campaigners opposing the … Read more
Fifth of prescribed antibiotics are unnecessary, study finds
GPs are fuelling the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance by wrongly giving antibiotics to one in five patients who has … Read more
Hunt to crack down on NHS drug errors linked to up to 22,000 deaths
Jeremy Hunt is ordering an NHS crackdown on errors in dispensing drugs to patients, which research shows could be contributing … Read more
Stephen Hawking to take Hunt to court over NHS
A group of campaigners, including Prof Stephen Hawking, has been given permission to challenge a government health policy in the … Read more
Campaigners urge independent experts to take a closer look at HRI plans
Full story in The Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 31 January 2018 Campaigners from Hands Off HRI have directly urged health experts … Read more