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Patients were waiting for 7.71mn routine hospital appointments in October, down from September peak
Health Foundation warns of further reduction in real-terms spending because of high price growth
Cancer Research UK report says UK government must invest in staffing and funding for research
Acceptance of government’s offer would end long-running wave of industrial action
Company co-founded by Peter Thiel secures deal to deliver data platform for England’s health service
NHS Providers chief warns of ‘sense of dread’ among staff ahead of winter as union remains locked in pay dispute
NAO says just £729mn from original £1.7bn budget may now be spent between 2022 and 2025
Decision will come as blow to health secretary, who had been pressing for extra funding
Evidence from Downing Street insiders during inquiry paints devastating picture of response to pandemic
Former health service chief Simon Stevens says he sought to ‘discourage idea’ that ‘never crystallised’
Strains are particularly acute in areas of high deprivation
NHS has made ‘poor use’ of resources but government’s long-term staffing plan is ‘unfunded and uncosted’, committee finds
NHS data for August comes as further blow to government’s pledge to cut backlog as industrial action adds to strain
Many doctors, nurses and other staff who enter professional training never join full-time workforce, Nuffield Trust finds
Biobank deadlock is a symptom of the UK’s ailing innovation sector
Medics escalate campaign for higher pay by providing only a ‘Christmas Day’ emergency service
Ministers invoke legislation that seeks to ensure minimum service levels in critical sectors
Official data will come as blow to prime minister, who has pledged to cut backlog by next election
Staff shortages and prospect of more doctors’ strikes continue to challenge health system
Letter to senior managers across health service follows controversy over safety risk posed by Raac in schools
Long-term workforce plan acknowledges virtual inevitability of big increases in health spending, study finds
Nuffield Trust research points to under-investment and flawed co-ordination in health and social care system
Inquiry into government handling of the pandemic finds breaches of Cabinet Office transparency guidelines
In the wake of Lucy Letby’s conviction, experts call for urgent reform of reporting culture within the health service
UK health secretary says changes are in line with clinicians’ requests while announcing 900 new hospital beds in England
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