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ASSISTED DYING BILL

EXCLUSIVE: Why I backed the Assisted Dying Bill

By Lee Peart 06 December 2024

Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee Layla Moran has explained why she voted for the Assisted Dying Bill.

KEIR STARMER

Starmer sets 'ambitious' waiting list target

By Lee Peart 05 December 2024

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has set out a ‘purposefully ambitious’ target for the NHS to carry out 92% of routine operations and appointments within 18 weeks by March 2029.

INFECTED BLOOD

Concerns over delays to infected blood compensation

By Lee Peart 02 December 2024

Concerns have been raised over delays to compensation paid to families of victims of the infected blood scandal.

NUFFIELD TRUST

Assisted dying Bill poses 'unanswered questions', says think-tank

By Lee Peart 02 December 2024

‘Large unanswered questions’ remain if the assisted dying Bill is to become law, a think-tank has said.

DWP

NHS waiting lists to be tackled as part of plan to Get Britain Working

By Lee Peart 26 November 2024

Extra capacity will be deployed to reduce waiting lists in 20 NHS Trusts across England with the highest levels of economic inactivity as part of employment reforms unveiled by the Government.

JULIAN KELLY

BREAKING NEWS: NHS £650m off plan Public Accounts Committee hears

By Lee Peart 25 November 2024

The NHS is around £650m off plan after the first six months of the current financial year, the Public Accounts Committee was told today.

GOVERNANCE

Plaid Cymru says Labour failing on NHS in Wales

By Lee Peart 21 November 2024

Plaid Cymru has pledged to change NHS governance in Wales to improve outcomes for patients and future proof services.

LORD DARZI

'We stand at a crossroads,' Lord Darzi lays bare NHS crisis

By Lee Peart 20 November 2024

Lord Darzi has laid bare the scale of the challenges facing the NHS while giving evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee.

LORD WARNER

Former health minister says NHS is 'fiscally incontinent'

By Lee Peart 19 November 2024

The NHS is spending too much on the ‘most expensive and often underperforming parts of its system’, a former Labour health minister has said.

ED DAVEY

Six-month waits for care assessments almost double

By Lee Peart 13 November 2024

The Liberal Democrats have called for more funding for social and an exemption from national insurance hikes after revealing six-month waits for care assessments have almost doubled.