‘Hospital chiefs at the UK’s biggest mental health trust have been criticised for refusing to reveal if it will publish its findings into a year-long fraud investigation triggered by the discovery of a £4m black […]
‘A lifelong Labour voter has been told a 30ft graffiti mural of David Cameron throttling a nurse on the side of his house will have to go. Retired Tony Davis, 73, is so passionate about […]
‘NHS patients are being given drugs and tests they may not need because GPs and hospitals are paid for the quantity not quality of their treatment, senior doctors have warned. The Academy of Medical Royal […]
‘NHS patients are being given drugs and tests they may not need because GPs and hospitals are paid for the quantity not quality of their treatment, senior doctors have warned. The Academy of Medical Royal […]
‘NHS doctors who work in private healthcare “on the side” are directly harming the health service, a senior consultant has said. In a confessional article in medical journal the BMJ, cardiologist Dr John Dean said […]
‘A firm run by the Tories’ election chief, Lynton Crosby, devised a plan to lobby David Cameron to expand the role of private healthcare in the UK. A strategy paper, drawn up by Mr Crosby’s […]
‘Chief nurses in the NHS have been handed pay packets of more than £400,000 a year – while frontline staff faced a pay freeze. Some are receiving in a month what their struggling nurses earn […]
‘ED Miliband’s pledge to rein in NHS ‘privatisation’ by capping profits of firms providing care has come under fierce attack from a former Labour health minister. As Labour made the NHS the central issue of […]
‘NHS bosses have been accused of covering up plans to close A&E units and cut hospital beds – after paying £10million for reports they are now refusing to publish. They have paid management consultants including […]
‘A future government must be allowed to expand the NHS without facing legal challenge under a proposed new EU-US trade deal, according to a sharply critical report from an all-party committee of MPs. The Business, […]
‘Ashya King is free of cancer after he was given treatment not available for him on the NHS, his parents have claimed. The five-year-old’s family have told of his “miracle” recovery, as the centre where […]
‘A UK health authority plans to equate women who consented to vagina piercings to victims of “female genital mutilation,” a controversial effort that could turn thousands of professional body piercers into criminals overnight. Next month, […]
‘David Cameron is clearly determined to go to any lengths to avoid a head-to-head debate with Ed Miliband. I know one of the reasons why: he is terrified of being held to account for his […]
‘Jeremy Hunt’s claims that the NHS is not for sale lay in tatters last night after he signed the largest privatisation deal in history. The Health Secretary, who has repeatedly denied health services are being […]
It’s been a big week in the world of global mega-banks, financial secrecy and tax-dodging. In case you were hiding under a rock somewhere, we are talking about whistle blower Herve Falciani, ‘the worlds local bank,’ HSBC and the “Swiss leaks” scandal. ‘Too…