Ministers are being urged to roll out a better testing regime for one of the country’s biggest killers, with the most recent figures showing death rates for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease more than three times higher in some of the most deprived areas of the country. More than 20,000 people a year in England die… Continue reading Lung disease patients waiting up to 10 years for diagnosis in poorer areas of England | Health
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Private firm linked to No 10 adviser handed NHS waiting lists contract | NHS
Rishi Sunak is facing questions over a possible conflict of interest after it emerged that a private healthcare firm handed a government contract to reduce regional NHS waiting lists is linked to a No 10 policy adviser. Bill Morgan, a founding partner of the PR and lobbying firm Evoke Incisive Health (EIH), joined Downing Street… Continue reading Private firm linked to No 10 adviser handed NHS waiting lists contract | NHS
Labour says extra 900 beds for NHS just a ‘sticking plaster’ amid record waiting times – UK politics live | Politics
Labour dismisses extra 900 NHS beds announcement as ‘sticking plaster’ Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting accused the Government of offering the NHS a ‘sticking plaster’, with the announcement that £250m was to be set aside to boost capacity before winter. The move was announced as part of the government’s plan to make this week “NHS… Continue reading Labour says extra 900 beds for NHS just a ‘sticking plaster’ amid record waiting times – UK politics live | Politics
Which UK nation has got the longest NHS waiting list? | NHS
The numbers are striking in their enormous size: 7.6 million people are now on waiting lists in England, a figure that has been growing in recent years, breaking records in all but three of the last 30 months. Therefore, English patients may have been surprised to hear that Steve Barclay is open to Welsh and… Continue reading Which UK nation has got the longest NHS waiting list? | NHS
Record 7.6 million people in England waiting for NHS treatment | NHS
A record 7.6 million people in England were waiting for NHS treatment in June, with two in five patients waiting more than 18 weeks to be seen. The figures come as junior doctors prepare to strike on Friday. Nearly 400,000 people were waiting for treatment for heart conditions, the British Heart Foundation said, of whom… Continue reading Record 7.6 million people in England waiting for NHS treatment | NHS
Number of people waiting for hospital treatment in England reaches new record high at 7.6m – UK politics live | Politics
Key events 383,083 people waiting more than year for hospital treatment in June, NHS England figures show Today’s NHS England also show that 383,083 people in England had been waiting more than 52 weeks to start routine hospital treatment at the end of June – down very slightly from 385,022 at the end of May.… Continue reading Number of people waiting for hospital treatment in England reaches new record high at 7.6m – UK politics live | Politics
Let private and third sectors cut NHS waiting lists, says Steve Barclay | NHS
More private and third sector providers should be used by the NHS to help cut post-Covid waiting lists, Steve Barclay, the health secretary, will say after a review of capacity in the health service. Barclay will draw on the work of his “elective recovery taskforce” – a group convened by ministers to look at how… Continue reading Let private and third sectors cut NHS waiting lists, says Steve Barclay | NHS