More than 1,100 National Health Service (NHS) patients have been victims of so-called ‘never events’ – errors so serious that they should never happen – within the last four years alone. But despite strong rules already being in place to
Dozens of National Health Service (NHS) officials with responsibility for deciding which drugs the service uses are also being paid as consultants by pharmaceutical firms, it has emerged, prompting the Ministry of Health to order an inquiry into the allegations.
The UK government has been accused of being “cheap” for its decision to charge Australians and New Zealanders a £200-a-year surcharge for the NHS if they stay longer than six months. The new charge officially ends a reciprocal agreement between
Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) is being “bled dry” by mass immigration, a senior cancer specialist has said. Professor Angus Dalgleish, principal of the Cancer Vaccine Institute, says the NHS is “on its knees” thanks to migrants from the European
Some National Health Service (NHS) hospitals are running on a “Soviet-style model,” devoting twice the amount of space to accommodating bureaucracy than they do to patients, a government report has found. The report’s author, Lord Carter of Coles has advised
British doctors have revealed how European health tourists exploit “incredibly lax” guidelines governing full access to expensive complex therapy from the National Health Service (NHS). The Government says it has cracked down on health tourists, but doctors in the NHS say recently
Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) is set to introduce its very own sugar tax in a bid to cajole government ministers into rolling out the tax country-wide. Drinks and snacks sold in cafes, shops and vending machines on NHS premises will
A group of staff on Britain’s socialised National Health Service (NHS), originally hired by an agency set up to help “reduce health inequalities”, are having private health insurance given to them courtesy of the taxpayer. The staff, who are eligible for
Contents: Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) existential crisis continues; David Cameron hopes to ‘reform’ the EU to avoid British exit (Brexit); Hungary’s PM tells Cameron: ‘Hungarians in UK aren’t parasites’
The British government said it was seeking to hold talks with doctors in its state-funded health service in a last-ditch bid to avert a series of mass walkouts, potentially the first such strikes for four decades. Junior doctors, or doctors
More than a third of doctors on Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) were born abroad, new figures reveal, raising fears of patient safety as medics struggle to make themselves understood. Figures from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Media hysteria in the UK is normally the province of the tabloid papers and The Guardian, but now The Telegraph has got in on the act. It has taken a report ranking obesity as a major crisis and, in a
From The Independent: I want to see the election of a Labour government: I want to see an end to austerity, key services like our railways back into public ownership, and the NHS protected from privatisation. But Britain’s membership of
An influential think-tank with close ties to government has co-authored a report advocating so called meat tax as a means to lower meat consumption worldwide. Tackling climate change and improving public health can be achieved by forcing consumers to eat less
Contents: Doctors prepare to strike UK’s National Health Service; Veterans’ medical services continue to worsen since 2014 scandal; Obamacare prices skyrocketing in 2016, as I predicted in 2009; Kentucky’s new governor Matt Bevin promises to end Obamacare abuses; Four more Obamacare co-ops collapse in the last week; Obamacare ‘risk corridors’ are also collapsing financially
Britain’s taxpayer funded National Health Service (NHS) has increased its budget for “treating” the transgendered to £22.72 million a year, up from £17.13 million last year. The budget is rising with demand, as the number of children seeking medical attention
The first European Union (EU) doctors disciplined in the UK for their failure to speak English properly have been revealed. One doctor from Poland has failed speaking, listening, reading and writing tests on three separate occasions, but has nevertheless been allowed to continue
The leaders of nearly ever major British political party have united in their opposition to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership deal (TTIP) becoming a means for an American business takeover of the NHS. The proposed TTIP deal is billed
An National Health Service (NHS) hospital has advertised for a reiki spiritual therapist to help breast cancer patients deal with “emotional, physical and spiritual issues”. The successful applicant, who will receive a full time salary plus generous benefits, is only expected
A Christian NHS employee who was suspended after praying for a Muslim colleague has been granted permission to appeal against the decision of the tribunal which ruled against her. The judge acknowledged the importance of the case and said her “human right” to freedom of
Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament Norman Lamb has told his party conference that they should seek to introduce a new, separate NHS tax which would be itemised on workers’ payslips. Overall taxes would not increase as the levy would be
Children as young as three are being taught about transgender issues and encouraged to discuss feelings of transgenderism, Members of Parliament have been told by a pro-trans organisation, but it wants the government to be more proactive on promoting trans issues
The head of the Church of England has said the passage of the Assisted Dying Bill will make Britain into a country where life was no longer “worth protecting”. The Most Reverend Justin Welby, said the change in law if
The NHS has pulled funding for cancer treatments affecting 5,500 patients claiming that the drugs involved, which prolong human life, are not cost effective. In total it has now halved the number of cancer treatments on offer, citing financial pressures.
Polish gangs have been stealing alcoholic hand gel from London hospitals in a bid to fuel their drinking habits. The dozens of thefts have led to at least three deaths since 2008. Speaking to the BBC, Polish migrant Bartlomiej told
A review of the evidence on assisted dying has found “common patterns” indicating that the practice becomes more widespread and routine where introduced. The report lends credence to fears that introducing legislation to allow for assisted dying in some instances
Transgender teen Riley Middlemore has frozen her eggs before undergoing gender reassignment surgery in order that she can become a ‘biological dad’ after becoming a man. Sixteen year old Riley hopes to undergo gender reassignment surgery on the National Health Service (NHS) when she is
Contents: Criminality and fraud in Veterans Administration and Obamacare; Britain’s National Health System (NHS) faces existential financial crisis; Summary of Obamacare findings
The NHS is having to remind doctors and nurses to give dying patients water to ease their suffering, it has emerged. The need to issue a reminder comes amid concern that the Liverpool Care Pathway – which denies people food
In the past five years over 33,000 girls under the age of consent have been given long-lasting contraceptive treatment by the National Health Service (NHS), without the need for parental permission. Socialised medicine provided by the NHS is paying for
A row over whether hospital consultants should be required to work on weekends has descended into farce, with both the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt and the doctors’ union the British Medical Association (BMA) repeatedly telling each other to “get real”.
Bosses at two Manchester hospital maternity units have apologised after seven babies and three women died in the space of just eight months. The trust responsible for the hospitals has also pledged to spend more money on staff following criticisms by an
Two thirds of Britons applying to train as a nurse are being turned away, even as the National Health Service (NHS) is spending “ludicrous” amounts on hiring foreign nurses, the head of the Royal College of Nursing has said. Dr
Serious failings by the NHS left cancer patients without treatment, forced families to turn to private healthcare for their loved ones and prevented families from being with dying relatives, according to a damning new report. The litany of failures was compiled
Britain’s National Health Service – lauded by the political left as the “envy of the world” – is paying up to 75x the price for medicines, and double the price for goods such as toilet paper and syringes, according to
British government officials are urging all low and medium security mental health units to go ‘smoke free’, effectively forcing patients off cigarettes. Clinical experts warn that making patients quit against their will is illegal, contravening the Mental Health Act and setting
Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) spent more than £26 million on maintaining grounds and gardening services in 2013-14 despite a huge budgetary black hole. The figures were calculated by the Tax Payers’ Alliance (TPA) who said that 43 hospital trusts in
Discrimination against elderly people within the NHS is set to worsen thanks to new “highly unethical” targets being set by the UN which prioritise treatment for younger people, senior medics have warned. Charities have spoken out against an “alarming” cultural
Police investigators have warned that thousands of foreign nurses with faked qualifications could be working in the NHS right now. The revelation comes following the conviction of Filipino nurse Victorino Chua for the murdering two patients and poisoning 20 others in
Fat parents must shape up or “face the music”, the chief executive of the NHS has declared. Urging the government to back plans designed to coerce people into healthier lifestyles, Simon Stevens also said that the NHS isn’t just a health service,