Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from NHS England

'Significant breakthrough' as new ovarian cancer treatment approved for NHS use

A former NHS worker from north London who is taking the drug says the new treatment has let her ‘get on with my life’

Evening Standard

Breakthrough ovarian cancer drug that extends lives to be free on NHS for first time

Experts have hailed the ‘landmark’ decision from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to approve the treatment for NHS use

The Independent UK

Major human rights organisation backs call to scrap NHS contracts with Palantir

A major human rights organisation has backed calls to terminate NHS England's contract with US surveillance firm Palantir

The National (Scotland)

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

GPs in England too ‘overloaded’ to help older people at risk of falling, say MPs

NHS bosses giving evidence to public accounts committee admit current position is unacceptable

The Guardian - UK

The hidden assumptions that leave nurses exposed to sexual harassment

Three in five nursing staff and students who responded to a 2021 survey by Nursing Times and Unison said they had experienced sexual harassment at work. For many, it had come to be treated as part of the job.

The Conversation

NHS patient record change will slash A&E visits by 20,000, government says

While DHSC said the reforms would give patients more control over their care, the BMA raised fears that the new law will open up the possibility that patient data is used inappropriately

The Independent UK

Shared NHS patient records could cut 20,000 A&E visits a year, ministers claim

Modernisation bill would require GPs and hospitals in England to share data, reducing errors and duplication

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Trial of multi-cancer blood test among 142,000 NHS patients fails to meet main aim

Results presented at oncology conference in Chicago show Galleri test failed to reduce late-stage cancer diagnoses

The Guardian - UK

Galleri blood test ‘feasible at scale’ on NHS, say experts

The NHS-Galleri trial is exploring how well the blood test works within the health service, alongside screening, to pick up cancer cases earlier.

Evening Standard

Strike action does work, resident doctors’ leader says ahead of June walkout

Resident doctors will strike for four days next month.

Evening Standard

‘I had gestational diabetes during my pregnancy. Six years later, I’ve yet to receive any follow-up care’

Gestational diabetes usually disappears after birth, although patients face a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes

The Independent UK

NHS watchdog launches inspection of troubled trust after The Independent exposed failures

Exclusive: Cancer patients were among dozens harmed at Royal Salford Hospital, a review of the care of hundreds of women found – now the regulator has been called in

The Independent UK

Supermarket lung cancer checks find 10,000 cases in England

The initiative forms part of the NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme which began in 2019

The Independent UK

NHS shakeup: if it sounds like we’ve been here before, it’s because we have

Amid political upheaval and the subsequent resignation of the health secretary, the king’s speech unveiled the NHS modernisation bill – the most significant overhaul of the health service in more than a decade.

The Conversation

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Women dying of breast cancer as life-extending drug remains blocked in England

A campaign is calling for Enhertu to be made available on the NHS.

The Independent UK

Cancer patients among dozens ‘harmed’ by delayed diagnosis and treatment at NHS trust

Exclusive: Audit of hundreds of women’s cases prompted by concerns that necessary follow-ups were not carried out

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting vowed to fix ‘broken’ NHS but critics say he failed to deliver

NHS experts and MPs say he ‘told a good story’ as health secretary while kicking difficult cans down the road

The Guardian - UK

Waiting times for hospital treatment in England hit key target, figures show

Outgoing health secretary declares Labour’s ‘plan for the NHS is working’, though experts question how goal was reached

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Government hits key NHS target to cut waiting times for patients

Experts welcomed new data showing improvements in NHS waits but said there is more to do.

The Guardian - UK

NHS drugs go-ahead offers lifeline to children with rare muscle-wasting disease

Medicines watchdog approves two treatments for patients with spinal muscular atrophy

The Independent UK

Hundreds more children to get ‘life-changing’ SMA treatments on NHS following Jesy Nelson campaign

Nelson has campaigned for screening to be rolled out after her twins were diagnosed with the condition

The Guardian - UK

The king’s speech: what is the government’s legislative agenda for the next 12 months?

Keir Starmer set out bills to abolish NHS England, overhaul Send provision, limit jury trials and forge ties with EU

Evening Standard

Your health records are medicine’s superpower — and its biggest risk

Medical data could revolutionise healthcare — but what if it ends up for sale in China, asks Chris Stokel-Walker

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer sets out changes to education, health and courts in king’s speech

King Charles unveils government agenda for the next year as PM faces leadership threat from within Labour

The Independent UK

Children as young as four sent to NHS weight loss clinics

More than 400 children aged four or younger were referred to the clinic which accepts patients with a BMI above the 99.6 percentile

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Ministry of Defence

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.