Every NHS hospital in England has been told to improve patient waiting times for planned treatment as the government has made hitting the 18-week target one of its key priorities for this parliament. By March 2026, the government wants to see at least 65% of patients waiting no longer than 18 weeks. To get there, […]
NHS bosses are putting patients at risk of harm in the upcoming doctors’ strike, the British Medical Association says. The union believes NHS England’s plan to limit the number of routine treatments being cancelled will stretch senior doctors covering for striking resident doctors too thinly. NHS England has ordered hospitals only to cancel non-urgent care, […]
A UN mission says 43 worshippers were killed in the attack at a night mass in a church. The armed group ISIL (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack that a United Nations mission says killed at least 43 worshippers during a night mass at a church in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo […]
PA Media Resident doctors, previously known as junior doctors, are set to strike for five days from Friday Prime Minister Keir Starmer has urged resident doctors not to follow their union down the “damaging road” of strike action, which is due to begin on Friday. Writing in the Times, Sir Keir said this would cause […]
The government has increased the maximum price it is prepared to guarantee companies generating electricity from new wind farms. It comes as ministers are trying to meet challenging pledges to bring down household bills and create an electricity grid that it is almost entirely free of fossil fuels by 2030. The Department for Energy Security […]
Kemi Badenoch has said the Conservatives will ban strikes by all NHS doctors if they return to power. The Tory leader said her party would introduce legislation for minimum service levels and block doctors taking widespread industrial action, placing them under the same restrictions that apply to police officers, soldiers and prison officers. Dr Tom […]
NHS bosses have criticised the British Medical Association for its “increasingly hardline” approach in rejecting emergency requests for striking doctors in England to return to work. A system known as ‘derogation’ is in place whereby the NHS can ask for resident doctors, who are taking part in a five-day walkout, to cross the picket line […]
James FitzGerald and Tom Geoghegan BBC News Getty Images The US and EU have struck what is being billed as the largest trade deal in history, after talks in Scotland. It actually resembles the framework for an agreement rather than a full trade deal, with details still unclear. But the headline figures announced by President […]
Greece continued to battle major wildfires across the country amid a severe heatwave, but firefighters have brought many outbreaks under control. Extreme heat persisted, with temperatures reaching 42.4C (108.32F) in central Greece on Sunday. Firefighters were working on five major fire fronts late on Sunday in the Peloponnese area west of Athens, as well as […]
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on during a news conference at the USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C., on July 14. Top medical groups are alarmed by a report that Kennedy may remove another advisory panel. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images […]