Long waiting times for treatments and care were one of many concerns raised by Lord Darzi.
PongMoji/ Shutterstock
The government has announced three major reform priorities for the NHS. If successfully implemented, they could start to transform the health service.
Mark Thomas|Alamy
The NHS, like many other health systems, is still dealing with the effects of COVID-19 but the challenges it faces predate the pandemic.
VILevi/Shutterstock
Here’s what happened behind the scenes to increase intensive care capacity at the height of the pandemic.
Sergei Drozd/Shutterstock
The NHS’s plan to offer genome sequencing to the general public, for a fee, raises many important questions.
Have a nice day photo/Shutterstock
Case management systems used by GPs are supposed to help those at risk.
Damp and draughty is not how homes should be.
Anelina/Shutterstock
Excess winter deaths could be tackled by improving housing.
shutterstock.
The NHS funding formula is based on an unfair premise which is funnelling money away from the regions that need it most.
supimol kumying/Shutterstock
It turns out you can’t ensure cyber-security in the world’s fifth-largest employer if there’s no one in charge of making it happen.
On the ward.
wavebreakmedia/shutterstock
Why do a higher proportion of children in England end up on wards after being checked into emergency departments?
Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock
The double-whammy of Brexit and the withdrawal of healthcare-student bursaries will cause massive shortfalls in NHS staff.
Gio.tto/Shutterstock.com
Genomes can reveal a lot about disease risk. But people need to think carefully about what they want to know.
Nurses will have to apply for a student loan.
Rob Marmion/Shutterstock
More people will go into nursing after bursaries are scrapped, but fewer than the NHS needs.
As the UK’s population ages, the pressures on the NHS can only get worse.
Shutterstock/PongMoji
Heavy clouds are on the horizon for NHS England – and older people will suffer the worst in this downpour.
People admitted to hospital on the weekend tend to be sicker.
spatuletail/shutterstock.com
While politicians and doctors argue over the data on the weekend effect, it’s important to remember that there are other ways to reduce hospital deaths.
David Cameron deceives us once again.
Stefan Rousseau / PA Archive/Press Association Images
The government used careful wording to pull the wool over our eyes about NHS spending.
Land Securities
So-called ‘healthy towns’ will address child obesity and dementia, but the real killer remains at large.
Every bit helps.
www.shutterstock.com
Jeremy Hunt believes that NHS England could increase its income from EU ‘health tourists’ fivefold without too much effort.