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Partnership with private sector aimed at cutting waiting lists amid spending constraints
NHS backlogs targeted by expansion of centres for checks and scans
Government pushes to increase capacity to meet rising demand
Campaigners and experts welcome extra cash but warn of persistent staff shortages and need for wider reform
After a dead-end job at a software company, Yoel Noorali took a job that surprised him in every way
BMA calls fifth stoppage since wave of walkouts began amid demands for higher pay rise
Prime minister says officials working ‘as quickly as thoroughness allows’ to address ‘tragedy’
Move by RMT, Unite and Aslef comes as stoppage by top NHS doctors in England ends without resolution
Spending watchdog warns of multiple problems with construction programme
Rail workers will also walk out this week in dispute over pay and working conditions
Positions are if anything more entrenched than when railway workers set off a wave of industrial action a year ago
Fremman Capital has bought a UK business that employs NHS staff outside working hours to fill gaps in health service
Staff tell us what issues they face in their working lives and share their vision for the future of healthcare in the UK
Ministers acknowledging long-term erosion of real-terms pay is key to resolving dispute, he argues
UKHSA beset by lack of governance and weak financial controls, finds public accounts committee
At 75, Britain’s feted health service is struggling to cope with demand
Successful pilot in England will be expanded to more pharma companies and include N Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Healthcare groups welcome ambition of long-awaited blueprint but warn more detail needed
As NHS waiting lists mount, more people are looking at ways of financing private treatment
As Britain’s National Health Service marks its 75th birthday — amid doctors’ strikes and record waiting lists — two books trace its foundation, survival and future prognosis
Long-awaited plan for health service workforce in England seeks to tackle staffing crisis and waiting lists
Consultants represented by the BMA to walk out as nurses end industrial action
Plus, Tory MPs are devoting more time to their constituencies as difficulties in NHS and economy raise risk of seat losses
UK health service is ‘middling at best’ with fewer doctors and nurses than comparable countries, says King’s Fund
Airport security staff call off action but junior doctors announce longest walkout in NHS history
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