Cabinet Office paid almost £2m for contract offering private healthcare for civil servants
The government department spent £1.96m on a contract offering employees “affordable private healthcare”.
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Was Great British Railways ever the answer to the UK’s transport woes?
The travel chaos we see today is the result of a complete lack of vision and planning.
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The Chancellor’s funding won’t treat the NHS’s financial headache
The extra billions pledged are welcome, but will not be enough to fix significant problems across health and social care.
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Rishi Sunak’s problem isn’t that he’s paying for healthcare
It’s that 12 years of Tory government have made it necessary.
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I’m a public health doctor – I know austerity is why people are struggling
Jeremy Hunt missed an opportunity to improve the population’s health in his Autumn Statement.
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Whitehall civil servants encouraged to get “affordable private healthcare” amid NHS crisis
Civil servants have been sent an email offering them the chance to sign up for private healthcare owing to “extended…
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Covid-stretched NHS has led to deadly consequences for heart care
New analysis from the British Heart Foundation shows year-long waiting lists for heart procedures are 100 times what they were…
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NHS backlog tracker: How long are hospital waiting lists where you live?
The New Statesman tracks delays in NHS treatment in England by postcode.
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Can anyone save the NHS?
Short-term sticking plasters rather than long-term healing may be too tempting for Rishi Sunak’s unpopular government.
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The UK economy is shrinking: only investment will save it
Today’s GDP figures mark the beginning of a long recession. The government got us into this mess, and now it…
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Wes Streeting: “After a decade of decline, Labour will make the NHS fit for the future”
To the doctors and nurses who are overstretched and exhausted, my message is this: the cavalry is coming with Labour.
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Leader: Resolving the British dilemma
For too long politicians have promised European-style public services and US-style taxation.
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The Policy Ask with Philip Banfield: “Health is the responsibility of all government departments”
The chair of the British Medical Association UK council on the politics of healthcare and the virtues of Clement Attlee.
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A night in a Kyiv bunker, palliative care in a war zone, and another chance for Jeremy Hunt
I recently visited Ukraine to help train doctors, and witnessed first-hand Putin’s brazen desire to rain terror on civilians.
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Why anaesthesia needs to cut its carbon footprint
Dr Helgi Johannsson, sustainability lead at the Royal College of Anaesthetists, on reducing emissions in pain relief and surgery.
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NHS Digital’s Mike Fell: “Cybersecurity can sound bizarre, but getting it wrong puts patients at risk”
The health service security chief on WannaCry, teaching GP surgeries to up their game and how data can save lives.
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Here’s some advice for Steve Barclay as Health Secretary
Steve Barclay takes over at a time of record-breaking waiting lists and major NHS reform.
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There is no mandate for austerity 2.0 – we need a general election now
The 2019 Tory manifesto promises of extra NHS and school funding now read like a joke.
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Why are Covid-19 cases rising again?
Colder temperatures, increased socialising, waning immunity and Omicron subvariants are all causing a coronavirus increase in the UK.
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General practice is in crisis – and the government is failing to act
The Health and Social Care Committee has published a report calling for urgent reform.
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