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NHS England has today launched the next phase of its nurse recruitment campaign, with a fresh focus on mental health, learning disability and community nursing. The £8m drive – We are the NHS – kicked off in July to coincide with the 70th birthday of the health service and involved TV and radio...

Long-term planning is rare in Whitehall with the five-year election cycle driving most policymaking. But the NHS in England has a chance to break that mould with a 10-year plan. That's what ministers have asked for - even though it will be a document which will possibly span the course of two...

The number of medical students needs to double in order to plug the gap in the doctor workforce, a leading physician has said. Dr Bod Goddard, president elect of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), said that the Government must do more to increase the number of student doctors. There are...

The NHS needs to radically change the way it helps doctors and nurses who experience trauma in their daily work, the Health Secretary has said. Matt Hancock said significant improvements in attitudes towards mental health across society, had not translated into giving enough support to those...

Thousands of nurses, therapists and psychiatrists are quitting NHS mental health services, raising serious doubts about ministerial pledges to dramatically expand the workforce. Two thousand mental health staff a month are leaving their posts in the NHS in England, according to figures from the...

Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has said he wants 'loads of companies' to follow in the footsteps of the private provider behind the controversial GP at Hand service. Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock Speaking at the headquarters of Babylon - the company whose...

The NHS has had its worst summer crisis on record, experts have warned, as the impact of thousands of cancelled non-urgent appointments in December and January has left hospitals with unprecedented waiting lists and little spare capacity to clear them before another winter rolls around. August...

England is facing changing health demands due to an ageing population and the NHS must quickly adapt, says Public Health England. It has compiled what it calls "the most comprehensive picture" of the nation's current health and future fitness. It shows England's population is growing in size...

Patients are suffering longer waiting times due to perverse tax rules that mean NHS consultants refuse overtime, it has been claimed. Dr John Miller, a consultant who has worked for the NHS in the UK, abroad, and in the military, said his peers in their mid-40s and older have recently given up...

Hospital staff in key areas of NHS care who refuse to have the flu jab will be moved to other units this winter in order to protect patients’ safety. NHS bosses have taken the unprecedented decision as part of their plans to cope with the extra pressure on the service during the coldest months...

A study by Nursing Standard magazine and charity the Health Foundation found that of 16,544 UK students who began three-year degrees due to finish in 2017, 4,027 left early. Figures from 2006 found the same drop-out rate, suggesting that attempts to address the issue over the past decade have...

Health boards in the north and north-east are still struggling to attract nurses despite offering generous packages. NHS Grampian and Highland still need to find hundreds of nurses to fill vacant posts at busy hospitals across both regions. Figures obtained through freedom of information...

More than three thousand people died in England last year awaiting an NHS decision on their eligibility for home care funding. A charity said it was "tragic and ludicrous" that families learned the outcome after losing their relatives. One widow told the BBC a nurse came to assess her husband...

The group representing hospitals and ambulance services in England has warned of a lack of "contingency planning" to deal with the impact of a no-deal Brexit on the health service. In a leaked email to NHS England boss Simon Stevens, NHS Providers says leaving the EU without agreement would...

Some NHS staff have been angered by the recent pay deal for more than a million workers, complaining that they are not receiving the increases they had been promised. One union has been forced to apologise and hold an emergency meeting after admitting to misleading members over the deal, and...

British doctors, nurses and midwives hailed as heroes for tackling Ebola are handing back the medals they received from the government in protest at undocumented migrants being denied free NHS care. Around 20 NHS staff will on Tuesday return their medals to the Cabinet Office and hand in a...

The number of hospital beds for people with acute mental health conditions, where a consultant psychiatrist is on hand to oversee treatment, has fallen by almost 30% since 2009 despite repeated claims by ministers that improving care for the mentally ill is now a top priority. New official...

The health and social care secretary, Matt Hancock, has pledged almost half a billion pounds to transform technology in the NHS. In his first speech since being appointed to the post, Hancock will announce a £487m funding package to create “the most advanced health system in the world”. He will...

The reality of NHS rationing means soaring numbers of patients are being denied hip and knee surgery – despite ‘begging’ letters from their doctors, an investigation has found. Nearly 1,700 ‘exceptional’ requests were turned down by health trusts last year, up 45 per cent on 2016/17. GPs and...

Under-pressure NHS services in England are spending over £1bn a year buying care from outside the NHS because they are unable to keep up with demand. The bill is being racked up by hospitals, ambulances and mental health trusts, data obtained by the BBC shows. NHS managers said money was being...