Patients in UK have legal right to request emergency supplies of medicine from any pharmacy
Ten-year plan for health service in England will include ‘innovator passport’ to prevent duplication of testing
Delayed blood test result contributed to person dying after 2024 ransomware attack
Ten worst performing maternity and neonatal units to be ‘urgently’ examined, says health department
Report calls on government to tackle ‘unacceptably long’ waiting lists for services
Struggling service prepares for less generous funding boost than in October Budget
The UK wants a technological revolution in healthcare but complex information systems will make that hard to deliver
Data is blow to government’s claim that delays in patient care are easing
The former head of NHS England on tech-led reforms, the future of healthcare funding — and the back-story of her resignation
Samantha Jones’s appointment as permanent secretary is first in spate of job changes at highest level of UK civil service
Health secretary says expense resulting from axing NHS England could be justified by savings
The new prevention strategy must — this time — be implemented
Decision to axe health service operator followed months of tension with Wes Streeting and officials
European countries offer England evidence of how to navigate seasonal strains without big disruption to services
Starmer’s push to slash arm’s-length bodies follows in a long line of ‘red tape challenges’ by previous governments
Streeting will find the buck stops with him on the worst challenge of all: the funding crisis
Plus: is Reform UK imploding?
Abolishing the health authority is a big gamble by the prime minister but a welcome one
Abolishing NHS England could lead to an initial downturn in the health service’s performance, say experts
PM says move will slash bureaucracy and bring health system ‘back into democratic control’
Several senior officials have resigned in recent days as Streeting moves to curtail operational independence
Announcement comes as ministers start to bring senior leadership of health service body into central government
Crisis meeting called after £6.6bn NHS England deficit predicted and national medical director resigns
‘Tide has turned’ after backlash led to PFI being abandoned in 2018
UK health secretary says deal will end ‘8am scramble’ to see a doctor and free up phone lines
