Our society is making us ill. Charging NHS patients won’t fix that
Making patients feel guilty about the cost of their medicine will worsen the nation’s health
Jeremy Hunt
In 2014 the Treasury replied to less than half of letters from MPs
Report shows some departments falling seriously behind on communication
NHS staff could end up footing the bill for seven-day services
All of the funding options put forward by the Department of Health would involve cuts to unsocial hours payments
Francis report: lives have been ruined
Inquiry reveals shocking extent of the mistreatment suffered by NHS staff who raise concerns
The powers Jeremy Hunt has given himself are causing crisis in west London
Plans to close A&E and maternity units will drive up waiting times and put patients in danger
The NHS has been operating on good will for the last five years – it’s time for the government to ease the strain
It’s not just patients but nurses, doctors, midwives and paramedics who are suffering from the government’s NHS mismanagement
A&E attendance rises 10 times faster under coalition
Labour urge David Cameron to take responsibility for mounting pressure on emergency departments
Almost 1 million turn to A&E because unable to see a GP, according to patient survey
940,000 patients turned to A&E because they were unable to get a GP appointment.
NHS: From ‘record high’ satisfaction to ‘breaking point’ within four years of coalition government
The NHS was in excellent shape when Labour left office in 2010; now it isn’t. For this the coalition must take at least some of the blame.
NHS in crisis: the worst A&E waiting times for a decade
Around 7 per cent of patients had to wait in A&E for more than four hours at the end of last year – the worst figures since records were first collected in 2004/05.