Operations and treatments cut back as NHS orders hospitals to save money

Documents seen by BBC show hospitals being ordered to slow down on activity to help balance the books.
Open Access Government

From promise to practice: Inclusive digital transformation for the NHS 10 year plan

The NHS’s 10-Year Plan aims to transform healthcare by prioritising prevention, personalisation, and integration ...
THE WEEK

The NHS vs global healthcare systems

This may come as a surprise to Brits, given the endless headlines about a crisis in the health service and the belief that the NHS is at imminent risk of collapse. In real terms (after inflation) the ...
Time

Is Britain’s Health-Care System Really That Bad?

In recent weeks, opponents of Barack Obama’s health-care-reform plans have criticized Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) in an effort to counter the President’s proposals for greater government ...
The Heritage Foundation

London Calling: Don’t Commit to Nationalized Health Care

At the establishment of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) in 1948, the British government promised that the NHS “will provide…all medical, dental and nursing care. Everyone—rich or poor…can use ...
Full Fact

The government does not pay private health companies twice as much as GPs

The NHS spends £320 per person on “private healthcare providing NHS care”, equating to 90p per person per day. Our verdict These figures are based on the Department of Health and Social Care spend on ...
The Economist

To survive, Britain’s NHS must stop fixating on hospital care

Britons still love the idea of the National Health Service (NHS). Its core principles—to provide health care that is comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—are ones the public ...
The Independent

‘I no longer recognise it’: Former staff and patients share experiences of the NHS

Public dissatisfaction with the NHS has reached record levels, sparking a passionate debate about the future of healthcare in the UK and what patients can reasonably expect from the service. When we ...
CNN

U.K. hospital crisis: Why can’t a rich economy fund its health care?

A spike in winter-related illnesses in the U.K. is pushing its hospitals over the edge. Patients are dying prematurely in hallways while they wait for beds, say senior emergency room doctors. And NHS ...
The Independent

How the private healthcare system is growing in the wake of NHS struggles

As the health service buckles under lengthy waiting lists exacerbated by the Covid pandemic, patients are increasingly turning to private providers for their healthcare. The surge in demand has meant ...
University of Bristol

First NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day launched

Today (10 December) sees the launch of the first NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day (NHSDAAD). The day highlights the urgent ...
Reuters

Fact Check: Asylum seekers not getting free private healthcare, contrary to online claims

Asylum seekers in a hotel near the northern English city of Manchester are being given publicly funded healthcare by an independent provider, not privately funded healthcare, contrary to widely shared ...