Exclusive: These awards are the first to focus solely on Black healthcare professionals of the Caribbean or African diaspora for significant contributions to the field
Nottingham maternity review finds women were refused interpreters, mocked and treated unkindly Expectant mothers at a scandal-hit NHS trust have experienced “discriminatory and racist behaviour” …
National Audit Office says NHS in England too cash-strapped to treat patients quickly enough The NHS’s finances are so dire that the whole health service …
Exclusive: head of Royal College of Midwives blames ‘institutional racism’ as black women face greater risk of death and stillbirth Family accuse hospital of ‘negligence …
Flights continue to be cancelled while GP surgeries and hospitals will be dealing with impact of backlogs The aftershocks of the Microsoft IT outage continued …
Delays and disruption at GP practices with doctors unable to access patients’ records or refer them on to hospitals Global Microsoft IT outage: latest updates …
Research suggests at-home tests could encourage 400,000 more women a year to have a screening Women could be offered DIY cervical screening tests on the …
Dr Henrietta Hughes said focus on budgets had led to substandard care and dismissal of legitimate fears From contaminated blood to birth trauma, how female …
Public sector faces staffing and training problems and is less able to manage complex cases, survey finds The vast majority of eye doctors believe increased …
Health secretary wants to bring back family doctors, cut pressure on hospitals and solve pay disputes Ministers will divert billions of pounds from hospitals to …
New health secretary aims to resolve dispute in England and warns health service is ‘not good enough’ General election 2024: live news The new health …
More than half of international medical graduates questioned say NHS induction inadequate Many doctors from overseas are left feeling lost, anxious and not ready to …
Exclusive: Shadow health secretary discusses plans for waiting lists and patient safety if Labour wins election UK election live – latest updates NHS managers who …
Britons increasingly seeking cheap weight loss surgery and hair transplants abroad The NHS is having to provide emergency care to rising numbers of patients suffering …
Health service in England issues update saying there is ‘no evidence’ hackers published entire database Stolen data published online has been confirmed as having come …
Channel 4’s Dispatches film shows ‘harrowing’ scenes in emergency department of Royal Shrewsbury hospital Almost 19,000 NHS patients were left waiting in A&E for three …
Cases are predicted to nearly double by 2040 as charity warns of 400,000 people with undiagnosed heart failure The health service faces a “ticking time …
National Crime Agency may take retaliatory measures after Qilin gang steals data covering 300m patient interactions The government is considering striking back against Russian hackers …
Exclusive: health service scrambling to set up helpline after Qilin gang put stolen data into public domain overnight Russian hackers have stolen records covering 300m …
Party’s deputy leader responds to criticism about what funding is needed to revive health service and social care Labour’s NHS and social care plans will …
Cyber-attack earlier this month led to cancellation of almost 1,600 operations and outpatient appointments in capital Data from a ransomware attack has been allegedly published …
Party says plan would free up thousands of England hospital beds occupied by patients whose discharge has been delayed UK election live – latest updates …
Analysis by leading experts the Nuffield Trust reveals that main parties’ manifestos would squeeze health spending Labour and the Conservatives would both leave the NHS …
Studies sound alarm at state of cancer care with hundreds of thousands waiting months to start essential treatment Hundreds of thousands of people are being …
The disruption has also affected a wider range of services than first thought, including GPs, community and mental health providers A Russian cyber-attack has forced …
Growing number are opting for private maternity services as inquiry finds poor childbirth care is common People are paying thousands of pounds to hire private …
Wes Streeting says another Conservative term could result in waiting list swelling to 10m cases Labour has promised to clear the NHS waiting list backlog …
Initiative will enable urgent second opinion and review of care of patients whose condition is deteriorating Martha’s rule, the patient safety initiative enabling those whose …
Exclusive: £3.6bn has been paid out in 1,307 cases, according to information obtained under freedom of information laws The NHS has spent £4.1bn over the …
From 1970 to 1990s, the NHS exposed people to tainted blood through transfusions and gave infected US blood products to haemophiliacs The final report of …
Exclusive: Donna Ockenden, who led a damning review into failings at Shrewsbury maternity services, described the support as “a house of cards” as she urged …
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said patients were left feeling humiliated and at risk, adding: ‘The use of mixed sex wards has gone through the …
Exclusive: Ex-health minister Dan Poulter, who also works as a hospital doctor, says Conservatives have become ‘nationalist party of the right’ Read more: ‘I’m resigning …