90-tonne cancer-fighting cyclotron arrives in London
A 90-tonne piece of cancer-fighting equipment that will improve the lives of hundreds of cancer patients every year has been carefully lowered into place in its new home.
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Tax rises for NHS funding boost will be fair and balanced, says May
Tax rises to support a £20.5 billion-a-year boost to the NHS budget will be “fair”, Theresa May said as she promised to end the “sticking plaster” approach to health funding.
May: Taxpayers will contribute ‘a bit more’ for NHS funding boost
Tax rises to support a £20.5 billion-a-year boost to the NHS budget will be “fair and balanced”, Theresa May has vowed.
NHS spending boost will increase burden of taxation, says Jeremy Hunt
Theresa May’s plans for a £384 million-a-week boost to NHS spending will increase the burden of taxation, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has confirmed.
PM told to come clean on funding source for NHS boost
Theresa May was under pressure to say how plans to give the NHS an extra £384 million a week will be paid for as she delivers a key note speech on health funding.
Northern Ireland in health spending boost
Northern Ireland is in line for a multimillion-pound health service spending boost.
Five things you should know about the Prime Minister’s NHS funding pledge
Five key questions about the Prime Minister’s NHS funding announcement answered.
NHS Brexit dividend claim branded ‘tosh’ by senior Tory
Prime Minister Theresa May’s insistence that a “Brexit dividend” will help boost NHS funding by £384 million a week has been branded “tosh” by a senior Tory MP.
NHS to get extra £384 million per week after Brexit Government says
The NHS is to get an extra £384 million a week after Brexit, Prime Minister Theresa May has said.
NHS to receive £20bn boost by 2024 partly funded by ‘Brexit dividend’, says May
The NHS will receive an extra £20 billion a year in real terms funding by 2024, partly paid for by a “Brexit dividend”, Prime Minister Theresa May is announcing.
Make social care free at point of need, ex-ministers say
The NHS could benefit from a “radical simplification” of streamlining and making social care free at the point of need, former Labour and Tory health ministers have suggested.
NHS to recruit thousands more foreign doctors and nurses as visa cap lifted
The NHS is to be able to recruit thousands more medical staff from abroad, after the Government announced a relaxation on visas.
Boost for NHS as Downing Street confirms moves to relax curbs on foreign medics
Immigration rules capping the number of foreign medics working in the UK will be relaxed to allow the NHS to recruit more staff.
Recruitment boost for NHS amid moves to relax curbs on foreign medics
Immigration rules capping the number of foreign medics working in the UK will be relaxed to allow the NHS to recruit more staff.
Half a million patients waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment
The number of patients waiting longer than the recommended 18 weeks to start planned NHS hospital treatment has reached the highest number in almost a decade by exceeding half a million, official figures show.
Immigration rules ‘to be eased so more foreign doctors can work in the UK’
Immigration rules capping the number of foreign medics working in the UK are reportedly going to be eased to allow the NHS to recruit more staff.
Retired NHS worker returned to help make Grenfell community ‘feel well’
A retired grandmother who returned to the NHS to help heal the grieving Grenfell community said she hopes a positive legacy can emerge from the blaze for the next generation.
Mental health and obesity epidemics hitting young people – NHS England chief
Young people are experiencing a “double epidemic” of obesity and mental health problems, the head of NHS England has warned.
NHS workers accept three-year pay deal
More than one million health workers are to receive a pay rise worth 6.5% for most staff over the next three years, after the deal was accepted by those ranging from nurses to cleaners.
Labour and Lib Dems in fresh calls for Health Secretary to be replaced
Opposition parties have issued fresh calls for Health Secretary Shona Robison to be replaced amid the latest statistics on NHS performance.