The overall waiting list fell for the first time since February but the NHS warned it faced its busiest winter ever.
League tables are to be part of tough NHS reforms designed to improve performance announced by the health and social care secretary at the NHS Providers Conference in Liverpool today.
The government and NHS England are set to reveal plans to reduce the service's reliance on agency staff, which costs £3bn a year.
An improved anti-smoking drug is to be rolled out on the NHS in England in a bid to save thousands of lives.
Alan Milburn has been appointed as lead non-executive member to the board of the Department of Health and Social Care.
New legislation launched in Parliament today aims to give patients sectioned under the Mental Health Act more dignity and say over their care.
New legislation introduced to Parliament today pledges to create a smokefree generation.
An NHS leader has said the delay to the New Hospital Programme (NHP) is costing his trust millions of pounds.
The Liberal Democrats are calling for a rescue package for the NHS in the Autumn Budget this week to prevent a winter crisis.
The chancellor will have to raise NHS spending by at least 3.6% in her Budget next week just to ‘stand still', new analysis has found.
Sutton-In-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire£37,938 - £40,476 per annum
Torbay, Devon£113,417 to £115,863
Sandwell, West MidlandsBand G, SCP 32 - 37 (£41,511 - £46,731) per annum
Sutton-In-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire£37,938 - £40,476 per annum
Torbay, Devon£113,417 to £115,863
Sandwell, West MidlandsBand G, SCP 32 - 37 (£41,511 - £46,731) per annum