Healthcare

How Keir Starmer will fix the NHS: Prime Minster's 10-year reform plan

The Darzi report has found that the NHS is in a "critical condition". (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Lord Darzi review: What does it mean for you?

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Health Secretary, Wes Streeting during a visit to the University College London Hospital (UCLH)

NHS must "reform or die": PM outlining plan following damning report

A pharmacist is warning parents to be on the lookout for headlice, worms and other illnesses now summer is over. (Photo: Pexels, Andrea Piacquadio)

The eight most common back-to-school bugs and how to spot the signs

Children have reportedly been left with life-changing injuries. (Photo: Peter MacDiarmid/Getty Images)

Families of 'rogue' GOSH surgeon urged to come forward

Private health insurance was once a luxury but is now becoming more common. (Photo: Pexels)

Everything you need to know about private health insurance

A doctor checks on a patient with sores caused by a mpox infection. (Photo: ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images)

Mpox: symptoms and what does mpox rash look like?

New research has revealed the baldest cities in the UK. (Photo: Pexels/Karolina Kaboompics)

These 10 cities are the worst for hair loss in the UK

You should get advice from 111 as soon as possible if you think you have shingles

Shingles vaccine: who is eligible and is shingles contagious?

An optician debunks social media eye health hack myths. (Photo: Pexels/Anna Shvets)

Optician debunks TikTok eye health hacks

In June, research by Community Pharmacy England found that 96% of pharmacies had stopped delivering locally commissioned services. (Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Where can you get the morning after pill? As pharmacies cut services

It's important to have access to a GP when you're at university. (Photo: Pexels/RDNE Stock project)

Student health: how to register with a GP at university

The RSV vaccination programme has launched across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. (Photo: Gustavo Fring/Pexels)

What is the RSV vaccine and who is eligible?

28 British nationals have died in Turkey following elective cosmetic procedures since 2019 according to the Foreign Office. (Photo: Pexels, RDNE Stock project)

The NHS guidance for surgery abroad as British mum dies in Turkey

Free health checks are set to be offered to thousands of office workers by the NHS in a new drive to prevent heart attacks and strokes.

Workers to be weighed at office as part of NHS 'Health MoTs'

A woman infected with Mpox shows her arms at the Kamenge University Hospital's Mpox treatment centre in Bujumbura on August 22, 2024. (Photo: TCHANDROU NITANGA/AFP via Getty Images)

How worried should we be about Mpox - is it the new Covid?

13-year-old Hannah Jacobs died after drinking Costa hot chocolate

Girl died after sipping hot chocolate due to communication failures

A 13-year-old girl with a severe dairy allergy tragically died after consuming a Costa Coffee hot chocolate, following what an inquest has revealed as a "failure to follow the processes in place to discuss allergies".

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Martin Lewis reveals how pensioners can claim up to £5,600 annually

The NHS have warned of 'continued disruption' to GP services after the global IT outage on Friday. (Photo: Pexels, Karolina Kaboompics)

NHS warns of 'continued disruption' into next week after IT outage

300 Boots stores to close by end of summer

300 Boots stores to close by end of summer: Full list

Covid tests are in demand as cases of the new Covid variant are on the rise. (Photo: ManuPadilla - stock.adobe.com)

Here is where you can get Covid tests as cases of new variant rise

Patients in wheelchairs and people in the emergency department of a hospital in Beijing early last year. Hospitals across China struggled with surging infections, a resulting shortage of pharmaceuticals and overflowing hospital wards and crematoriums after Beijing suddenly dismantled its zero-Covid lockdown and testing regime Picture: Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images

I grew up in China: here's how British and Chinese healthcare compares

Rachel Vernon as a child with her younger brother. Image credit: Rachel Vernon

Autism: 'My brother was diagnosed at 15 but I had to wait til 33'

Endometriosis affects 1 in 10 women. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

Endometriosis diagnosis now takes 9 years

Petra Walker-Barrera was given metoclopramide for eight years, despite NHS advice that it is taken as a five-day course. Picture: Petra Walker-Barrera / Slater Gordon

Anti-sickness drug leaves grandmother disabled

Nurse killed by Tuberculosis found out just hours before she died

Nurse killed by Victorian disease

The UK has the largest gender health gap among G20 countries, and the 12th largest globally. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

UK has 12th largest gender health gap in the world

Sir Ed Davey is currently the leader of the Liberal Democrats. (Picture: James Manning/PA Wire)

Lib Dems claim UK gripped by "mental health epidemic"

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made cutting NHS waiting lists one of his top priorities last year.

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Brittany Parr has found donkey milk is the 'miracle cure' for her eczema (Photo: Peter Summers/Getty Images / PA)

Donkey Milk: can it help skin conditions like dermatitis and eczema?

Jamaica Kelly and Sam Austen flew to Thailand for dentist appointment. Picture: SWNS

Couple flew '5,900 miles to see dentist'

The story of Paolo Macchiarini is being explored in Netflix documentary Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife (Photo: Netflix)

Shocking true story of Dr Paolo Macchiarini told in new Netflix doc

Aila spent last Christmas in hospital undergoing cancer treatment. (Picture: Starlight)

Aila home for Christmas after intense chemotherapy

Maya Kowaolski's story was featured in the Netflix documentary Take Care of Maya (Photo: Netflix)

Maya Kowalski: the harrowing true story behind trial verdict

1.7m Brits are expected to be living with dementia by 2040 - more than double today's levels. (Picture: Adobe Stock)

1.7m people could have dementia in the UK by 2040

Gatehouse at Merton Hall. Built in 1613. Credit: Adrian S Pye

The best areas in the UK to retire to according to Which?

Melvyn Blount from Derby took his own life earlier this year, an inquest heard. (Picture: Leigh Day)

Man took his own life after sudden mental health turn, inquest rules

Olivia (L) and Denise (R) both felt they were “not listened to” by healthcare professionals.

‘I almost died because I wasn’t listened to’: Women tell their stories

What is on offer in the Union Solidarity Coalition celebrity auction?

Almost one in three female surgeons working in the NHS have been sexually assaulted in the workplace in the last five years, a shocking new survey has found. Credit: Getty Images

Nearly one third of female NHS surgeons have been sexually assaulted

A survey will ask women how they feel about a wide range of sexual and reproductive health issues. Credit: Getty Images

Landmark survey seeks women's views on reproductive health

CQC care home reports have found elderly residents "forgotten about", a chair covered in faeces and one person desperately calling out for help - among other issues.

The horrifying reality of life in "inadequate" care homes

Chris Evans gave Virgin Radio listeners his health update during his show on Monday morning. (Picture: Getty Images)

Types of skin cancer and symptoms explained as Chris Evans diagnosed

Obesity and heavy drinking will put a strain on the NHS in the coming years. (Picture: Torwaiphoto/Adobe Stock)

Obese Brits could get weight loss jabs through mobile apps

This comes as the UK is also set to host a landmark summit on AI later this year(Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

The UK government invests £13m for AI research in healthcare

The system is based on a matching platform (Image: NationalWorld/Mark Hall)

Need an NHS operation? Grab a train or bus to skip the long wait times

Health Secretary Steve Barclay outside the BBC Broadcasting House in London. (Picture: James Manning/PA Wire)

Government turning to private healthcare as NHS waiting lists grow

Doctors from across the US march to the Capitol to demand an end to the current and future criminalisation of providers who perform abortion care on 3 November, 2022 in Washington, DC. Credit: Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Doctors for Abortion Action

Idaho doctors can refer women for abortions out of state, says judge

The matter was taken to the Court of Appeal

Legal challenge over gender dysphoria delays dismissed

US actor Angus Cloud attends the Los Angeles premiere of the HBO's "Euphoria" at the Cinerama Dome Theatre in Hollywood, California, on June 4, 2019. (Picture: Chris Delmas / AFP via Getty Images)

Please use UK's mental health services following Angus Cloud's death

Staff on a hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London. (Picture: Jeff Moore/PA/Radar)

Mental health of NHS doctors worse now than during Covid-19 pandemic

The care home has been fiercely criticised by the CQC. (Picture: Zinkevych/Adobe Stock)

Care home blocking disabled residents in their rooms, CQC finds

NHS at 75; who currently is responsible for running health service?

The laws that led to the formation of the NHS, as it turns 75 today

GPs will be required to give patients the option to travel further for healthcare or go to a private alternative (Photo: Adobe)

GPs must offer patients options to travel further or go private

Family left devastated as woman, 24, dies just weeks after her mother

Purple Day takes place on 26 March each year. (YouTube)

How you can get involved in Purple Day in 2023

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has finally confirmed he is registered with an NHS GP - but has used private healthcare in the past.

Rishi Sunak: PM admits he has used private healthcare in past