PA Media Sir Keir Starmer has set out his 10-year-plan to reform the NHS in England, based on a shift from hospitals to neighbourhood health hubs, a new focus on prevention and better use of technology. He said the government’s 162-page blueprint might be the last chance to put the health service “back on its...
Getty Images Millions of patients will be treated closer to home under plans to “fundamentally rewire” the NHS in England, the prime minister has said. A new network of neighbourhood health hubs will be set up to shift care out of hospitals and into the community. Sir Keir Starmer said the NHS needed to “reform...
Getty Images Hundreds of bodies responsible for overseeing and running parts of the NHS in England will be scrapped, the government has said. The organisations to be abolished include Healthwatch England, which advocates on behalf of patients, and the National Guardian’s Office, which supports whistleblowers. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the current system was too...
Daniel Wainwright Data journalist, BBC Verify Getty Images Doctors and patient groups warn that the NHS in England is facing an uphill struggle on the government’s number one NHS priority – improving hospital waiting times. They are concerned about the lack of progress towards hitting the 18-week waiting time target, one of Labour’s key election...
Hayley Jarvis BBC Scotland News Could ketamine help treat severe depression? Ketamine is increasingly known as a party drug which is linked to serious health problems, even fatalities. But there is growing interest in Scotland in its potential to treat severe depression. One NHS Lothian psychiatrist hopes to set up a clinic by the end...
Every newborn baby in England will have their DNA mapped to assess their risk of hundreds of diseases, under NHS plans for the next 10 years. The scheme, first reported by the Daily Telegraph, is part of a government drive towards predicting and preventing illness, which will also see £650m invested in DNA research for...
Guy Henderson Local Democracy Reporting Service Georgina Barnes BBC News, South West BBC NHS Devon said it would develop a broader cardiology strategy for the region Plans trial changes to overnight heart attack services in south Devon have been scrapped. NHS Devon said it would not be going ahead with the proposals to drive out-of-hours...
Getty Images Two breakthrough Alzheimer’s drugs have been deemed far too expensive, for too little benefit, to be offered on the NHS. The medicines are the first to slow the disease, which may give people extra time living independently. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) concluded they were a poor use of...
Alison Holt & James Melley BBC News BBC Carole Charles’s husband Winbourne’s death is one of 20 involving the same NHS hospital trust where coroners have raised serious concerns An NHS mental health trust, recently found guilty of serious failings in the care of a young patient who took her own life, has had serious...
Divya Talwar & Tammi Walker BBC Tassie Weaver says she was treated like “a hysterical woman” by a midwife When Tassie Weaver went into labour at full term, she thought she was hours away from holding her first child. But, by the time she was giving birth, she knew her son had died. Doctors had...
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has appointed Neil Macdonald as its new chief executive. Mr Macdonald, who will begin his role on 6 October, joins from Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, where he has served as chief executive since 2018. The Plymouth NHS Trust is one of the largest employers in the region, with about 11,000...
NHS Confederation A senior NHS leader has criticised the health service, saying his mother received a “black service, not an NHS service” as she died. Lord Victor Adebowale, chair of the NHS Confederation, which represents health managers, described his mother Grace’s death as “undignified”. The 92-year-old died in January of suspected lung cancer, although it...
BBC A “Trojan horse” therapy that sneaks toxic drugs inside cancer cells is being made available on the NHS in England in a world first. It can halt the blood cancer myeloma for nearly three times longer than current therapies. The drug is an advanced form of chemotherapy that hits cancer with a bigger dose,...
Kate Whannel Political reporter Spending Review: Where key money is being spent… in 99 seconds Rachel Reeves has announced an extra £29bn per year for the NHS in England, along with funding boosts for defence and housing, as she set out the government’s spending plans until the end of the decade. The chancellor also promised...
Getty Images Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced the government’s Spending Review, which outlines the day-to-day budgets for departments over the next three years. The review affects funding for public services such as the NHS, schools, housing, prisons and policing, as well as other areas, including transport and infrastructure. Here BBC correspondents analyse how key services...
