Data prompts speculation NHS inability to cut waiting lists could make private healthcare ‘new normal’ Record numbers of people are paying for private healthcare, spending up to £3,200 on having a cataract removed and £15,075 on a new hip, amid … Read More
Britain’s annual inflation rate was at a 41-year high in December at 10.5% Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff walked off the job in the U.K. on Monday in what unions called the biggest strike in the history … Read More
The government has been urged to “get a grip” of the crisis in England’s hospitals amid claims that up to 500 people a week are dying because of delays with emergency care. The president of the Royal College of Emergency … Read More
Passengers wearing face masks travel on a London Underground Tube train, in the evening rush hour at Waterloo station on May 11, 2020 – ISABEL INFANTES/AFP via Getty Images Britons should wear face coverings in enclosed public places and workers … Read More
Medical staff walk through a corridor inside the Royal London Hospital. Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg – 2018 BLOOMBERG FINANCE LP Nearly a quarter of a million British patients have been waiting more than six months to receive planned medical treatment from the … Read More