Almost two-thirds of the public support nurses taking strike action ahead of the upcoming ballot, a poll has found. The YouGov poll, which surveyed 1,752 adults in the UK between
Read More
About one in 10 full-time equivalent posts in the NHS in England were vacant at the end of June, the highest proportion since current records began in 2018, new figures
Read More
Hospital patients who are medically fit to be sent home have been forced to wait at hospital for months on end while provisions are made to get them safely home
Read More
New analysis of NHS data shows black and Asian people in England have to wait longer for a cancer diagnosis than white people. Medical professionals and cancer charities advise early
Read More
Frontline workers have been granted the Freedom of Belfast for their work during the coronavirus pandemic. Healthcare and social care staff, as well as those from key public and frontline
Read More
An angry member of the public has confronted Health Secretary Steve Barclay in the street, demanding to know why the Government has done “nothing” about lengthy waits for ambulances. The
Read More
A senior doctor has told a High Court judge she does not know whether there are other cases similar to one in which a seriously ill baby started trying to
Read More
An ambulance trust has been rated as “inadequate” by inspectors as a report suggested that a long delay had contributed to the death of an elderly patient. A damning report
Read More
Northern Ireland’s health minister has warned Stormont colleagues he will need to overspend by £400 million to continue delivering effective services. Robin Swann outlined the implications of the ongoing absence
Read More
Nicola Sturgeon has spoken of her Government’s budget limitations as industrial unrest grows amid ongoing pay disputes. Scotland’s First Minister said there is a “real case” for civic mobilisation as
Read More