Tag: NHS

Britain's social care is in meltdown. Underfunded, understaffed, and overburdened. The latest debacle to hit the sector is the alarming ...

A private NHS contractor has gone bankrupt. And in doing so it sums up the Tories’ health policies

The bankruptcy of a private NHS contractor has left staff out of pocket and the health service scrabbling around ...

The NHS is being forced to borrow ‘toxic’ cash from Tory donor hedge funds to prevent ‘serious injury’ to patients

The NHS is having to borrow £10bn in 'toxic' loans to repair hospitals, to avoid "catastrophic failures" and "serious injury" ...

Women who have babies are the downfall of the NHS, according to two UKIP candidates

by Jessica Gay

There is no denying that the NHS is under pressure. Who can forget the red alert meltdown in January? But while ...

People are calling for the legalisation of drugs. But it won’t be enough [OPINION]

The campaign for the legalisation of recreational drugs is gathering pace. Groups like Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP UK) and ...

The government claims to care about pensioners. But they will suffer the most when the latest NHS axe falls

by Ben Janaway

17 August 2017

NHS England has ‘waved the white flag’ on its operation targets. Under new proposals, elderly patients could wait "unacceptably long" for ...

‘While you’re all obsessed with Brexit, the government is quietly killing your health service’

by Kerry-Anne Mendoza

19 June 2022

Dr Ben White famously quit live on air to fight a legal battle against government cuts to the NHS. And now, ...

Young boy left to die in a room, as NHS forced to repeatedly delay his operation

by Jessica Gay

17 August 2017

There is no denying that the NHS is under pressure. Who can forget the red alert meltdown in January? Almost ...

The Daily Mail ‘accidentally publishes a front page from 1968’ [IMAGES]

17 August 2017

The Daily Mail has created a furore with its latest front page. The Tuesday 28 March edition of the right-wing tabloid ...

The government helped itself to £18m of our NHS money. And basically poured it down the drain

by Tracy Keeling

23 March 2017

There has been a spending bonanza in the NHS. But it's causing absolute outrage. Because that spending hasn't gone on ...

Residents ‘heartbroken’ after London fertility service cut

by Ben Janaway

17 March 2017

People are furious after a cash-strapped Croydon NHS group has been forced to cut vital fertility treatment. The treatment can ...

Richard Branson didn’t get his own way, so now he’s suing the NHS

by Tracy Keeling

15 March 2017

Richard Branson's Virgin Care has started legal proceedings against the NHS because it lost out on an £82m contract. The ...

A doctor’s open letter to the Chancellor is lighting up social media for all the right reasons [IMAGE]

by Bex Sumner

9 March 2017

On 8 March, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced a £100m scheme to employ GPs in A&E departments across England. Now, one 'doctor' has responded, ...

The Chancellor just cracked one of the biggest jokes of this year’s budget [TWEETS]

8 March 2017

On Wednesday 8 March, Philip Hammond made an apparently off-the-cuff remark during his Budget 2017 speech. But it was possibly ...

Hammond just said in the budget if your job’s insecure, then tough sh*t [TWEETS]

8 March 2017

Early on in Philip Hammond's budget was an announcement that will affect millions of people. But it hits those who ...

A Canary exclusive: behind the scenes at the NHS demo [VIDEO]

6 March 2017