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EXCLUSIVE: Why the shift to community needs sound governance

By Lee Peart 24 March 2025

Emily Newton, systems policy advisor at The Health Foundation, says the appointment of Sir John Oldham as a senior advisor for neighbourhood health is a signal that the Government is serious about ...

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Streeting considering 'next steps' following calls for maternity inquiry

By Lee Peart 24 March 2025

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting said he is considering the Government’s ‘next steps’ following a meeting with families who had lost babies under the care of Nottingham University Hos...

WES STREETING

Streeting pledges to spend more on social care through NHS

By Lee Peart 24 March 2025

Social care will receive more funding through the NHS in this spring’s 10-Year Health Plan, the health and social care secretary has revealed.

HELEN MORGAN

Lib Dems call for 'end to corridor care' this Parliament

By Lee Peart 24 March 2025

Liberal Democrat health and social care spokesperson Helen Morgan has called on the Government to end corridor care during this Parliament.

NHS ENGLAND

A huge roll of the dice

24 March 2025

NHSE abolition is a brave move but won’t necessarily deliver the change patients want and ministers desperately need before they face the electorate in 2028, writes Steve Brine, former health minis...

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Editor's comment - Wielding the axe

By Lee Peart 24 March 2025

The Government’s announcement of the abolition of NHS England came as a bolt out of the blue to the healthcare workforce.

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Right time to scrap NHS England, says Pritchard

By Liz Wells 20 March 2025

It is the right time to scrap NHS England, Amanda Pritchard has said in her last speech as the organisation’s chief executive.

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Winter virus cases finally on the decline

By Lee Peart 20 March 2025

Winter virus cases are finally on the decline with NHSE reporting a drop in norovirus cases for the fourth consecutive week.

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Government likely to miss 18-week target, says IFS

By Lee Peart 19 March 2025

The Government is ‘unlikely’ to meet its key end of Parliament target of 92% people waiting less than 18 weeks for NHS treatment, new analysis has found.

WES STREETING

NHS England abolition 'the beginning, not the end', warns Streeting

By Lee Peart 17 March 2025

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has warned last week’s abolition of NHS England is the ‘beginning and not the end’ of cutting inefficiency and waste.

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