Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Since Labour won power last July, Keir Starmer has repeatedly affirmed his deep affection for the NHS, close family ties to it, intention to “fix” it – and also his determination to change it. In a speech last September, he […]

NHS England will be abolished to “cut bureaucracy” and to bring management of the health service “back into democratic control”, Keir Starmer has said. We take a look at what this means for the health service and its patients. What

NHS England will lose half its staff and a huge swathe of its senior management team as part of a brutal restructuring under its new boss. Its workforce will shrink from 13,000 to about 6,500 as entire teams are axed

The NHS’s top doctor in England, who played a key role in advising ministers and the public during the Covid pandemic, will stand down this summer. Prof Sir Stephen Powis, NHS England’s national medical director, will have spent seven and

A new swab test could help hundreds of thousands of women a year in the UK who may have womb cancer avoid having an often painful invasive procedure to detect the disease. About 800,000 women annually go to see a

Amanda Pritchard is standing down as chief executive of NHS England, in a development that will shock the health service. Her departure from the top job follows recent meetings she held with Wes Streeting, the health secretary, to discuss his

Jonelle Roback, 55, a retired tax accountant, is one of scores of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have suffered debilitating side-effects after being put on to a cheaper new drug while in NHS care. Here, she tells of her

Three in four people in the UK fear getting stuck on a trolley in a hospital corridor or an ambulance not arriving after dialling 999, prompting claims that the NHS is facing “a crisis of public trust”. Huge numbers also

Influencers will urge young people not to start vaping as part of a government-funded campaign that will use YouTube and Instagram to highlight health risks. Big Manny, who has 1.6m followers on Instagram, and Bodalia, a doctor and DJ, are

Patients routinely have to chase up test results, receive appointment letters after their appointments and do not know when their treatment will occur because the NHS is so “dysfunctional”. That is the conclusion of research by two major patients’ organisations