Abolish NHS England and empower local leaders, says think tank

Ministers should abolish NHS England and hand powers for health services to local leaders, a report has argued. The Reform think tank called for an end to the centralised model of care where ... Read More

Wes Streeting: NHS won’t get any extra cash from Labour without major surgery

Leader of the Labour Party Sir Keir Starmer and shadow health secretary Wes Streeting (PA) He also said that the “howls of outrage” from those who are concerned about NHS privatisation are ... Read More

The key NHS targets that have never been met

Wake-up call' King's Fund think tank chief analyst Siva Anandaciva said ... chief executive Rachel Power said the analysis showed the NHS was in "permacrisis". "The health of many deteriorates ... Read More

Scrap net zero drive to fund NHS, says Reform UK leader Richard Tice

You might say ‘Richard, where on earth are you going to find that from?’ Well, I have got news ... on the political left about using the private healthcare sector to reduce NHS waiting lists ... Read More

Unsustainable pressure on NHS affecting patient care – MDU says

Responding to a report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman into complaints about cancer care, Dr Udvitha Nandasoma, Medical Defence Union (MDU) head of advisory services said: “The ... Read More

NHS cannot meet 'avalanche' of demand for autism and ADHD services, warns thinktank

Describing the process as "barbaric", he told Sky News: "There's an official ... of four months, the thinktank says. Image: Kevin Healey is unable to access NHS medication for ADHD despite having ... Read More

No plan to tackle ‘postcode lottery’ of NHS waiting times, say MPs

There is no national plan to tackle a “postcode lottery” of NHS waiting times, MPs have warned today. In a report published this morning the public accounts committee says the Department for Health ... Read More

NHS to review all transgender treatment

The NHS will review all trans treatment, as a landmark report says that the evidence for allowing children and young people to change gender is built on “shaky foundations”. Dr Hilary Cass ... Read More

Rats and cockroaches found in hospitals as NHS bosses hit with £3million pest control bill

Cockroaches on wards, maggots in a mortuary, rodents in a kitchen and ants "coming through the ceiling" are just some of the issues reported according to NHS England data. More than 18,000 pest ... Read More

Politics latest: World in 'uncharted territory' if Iran attacks Israel; public 'have right to be angry' about NHS

The Sky News live poll tracker ... the situation tonight on Politics Hub. You can get also get more on this story in our Middle East blog: He says delivering on the NHS was "always going to ... Read More

NHS to review all transgender treatment

The NHS will review all trans treatment, as a landmark report says that the evidence for allowing children and young people to change gender is built on “shaky foundations”. Dr Hilary Cass, a ... Read More