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Resident doctors call off strikes following last minute offer

By Lee Peart 15 June 2026

A four-day strike by resident doctors has been cancelled this week following a last-minute offer by the Government.

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NHS ConfedExpo: Murray offers 'not a change of course but a change of gear'

By Lee Peart 11 June 2026

Health and social care secretary James Murray ‘offered not a change of course but a change of gear’ to healthcare leaders today.

WAITING LIST

Waiting list progress stalls in April

By Lee Peart 11 June 2026

The NHS waiting list rose to 7.22m in April after falling to 7.11m in March, NHSE has revealed.

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NHS Confed Expo: Is the US drug deal good or bad for the NHS?

By Lee Peart 11 June 2026

Leaders debated the merits of the US drug deal during a roundtable panel at NHS Confed Expo yesterday.

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Deaths related to long ED waits surge almost tenfold

By Lee Peart 09 June 2026

Deaths associated with long ED waits have surge almost tenfold over the last decade, according to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM).

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Over one in five waiting longer than six weeks for a diagnostic test

By Lee Peart 08 June 2026

Over one in five patients (21.2%) are waiting over six weeks for a diagnostic test – more than 20 times the NHS 1% operational standard – analysis reveals.

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Wes' end of term report

05 June 2026

Matthew Taylor looks back on Wes Streeting’s time at the helm of the Department of Health and Social Care.

COMMUNITY

MPs urge Government to end continence pad 'rationing'

By Lee Peart 04 June 2026

MPs have called on the Government to end continence pad ‘rationing’ after Freedom of Information (FOI) data revealed more than half of NHS trusts impose limits on the number of continence pads pati...

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