Cabinet minister Oliver Dowden is head of government planning

Patients told to 'drive to hospital' during 999 strike as senior NHS source warns elderly could be 'trapped in wards'

Rishi Sunak (l) refused to offer nurses (r) any more money despite Tory pressure

Rishi Sunak refuses to give NHS nurses extra cash despite Tory pressure and threats of more strikes

Starmer calls nurses going on strike is a 'badge of shame for this government!'

Keir Starmer slams Rishi Sunak on eve of first-ever nurses strike, labelling it a 'badge of shame for this government'

Gavin and Stacey star Alison Steadman says country can't be called 'Great' Britain due to state of NHS

Gavin and Stacey star says Great Britain cannot be called 'great' anymore because of the state of the NHS

Grieving Strep A Family

'It's blown our family apart': Grandfather describes 'every parent's worst nightmare' after toddler died from Strep A

A man smoking a cigarette

Which parts of the UK have the most smokers?

Parents have been warned to look out for signs of Strep A disease

Strep A: What is Streptococcus and what symptoms should you look for?

Echelford School has told parents two more pupils contracted a deadly bacterial infection after a six-year-old girl died following a Strep A outbreak at nearby Ashford Church of England Primary School

Two more confirmed cases of deadly bacterial infection that killed girl, 6, found in nearby school

Ambulance staff vote to strike

NHS winter walkouts as 10,000 ambulance workers join nurses in voting to strike

The drug has been shown to be effective in patients with mild alzheimer's

New Alzheimer's drug Lecanemab hailed as ‘historic’ but questions remain about side effects and impact of use

Workers arrive at Wolverhampton Science Park where the Immensa Health laboratory is based. (R) A Covid-19 testing sight opposite Wolverhampton Science Park where the Immensa Health laboratory is based

Covid lab blunder where positive cases were reported as negative ‘could have led to 20 deaths’

Some care homes refuse to accept visitors, despite the lifting of restrictions

Care homes will be 'forced' to take visitors under new government plans

Wes Streeting has backed Keir Starmer

Wes Streeting backs Keir Starmer over claims NHS is hiring too many foreign staff

Nurses will strike in the lead up to Christmas

Nurse strikes leaving NHS operating 'bank holiday' level service is 'unacceptable', says shadow health sec

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Get rid of self-checkouts, 'quirky' signs and email receipts to help people with dementia, report says

Dozens of babies died or were left brain damaged by poor care at one of England's largest NHS trusts, a damning inquiry has found.

Dozens of babies died needlessly in one of NHS’ worst-ever maternity scandals, harrowing report reveals

NHS waiting lists reach record high

NHS waiting list hits record high breaching 7million for the first time ever

New rules allow omen wanting a bottom like Kim Kardashian (l) can get surgery in the UK. It was banned following the death of Leah Cambridge (r) in Turkey

Safer Brazilian Butt Lifts to go on offer in UK to stop women wanting bigger bottoms going abroad