
Britain’s National Health Service – lauded by the political left as the “envy of the world” – is paying up to 75x the price for medicines, and double the price for goods such as toilet paper and syringes, according to
by Breitbart London11 Jun 2015, 3:39 AM PST0

British government officials are urging all low and medium security mental health units to go ‘smoke free’, effectively forcing patients off cigarettes. Clinical experts warn that making patients quit against their will is illegal, contravening the Mental Health Act and setting
by Donna Rachel Edmunds6 Jun 2015, 6:06 AM PST0

Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) spent more than £26 million on maintaining grounds and gardening services in 2013-14 despite a huge budgetary black hole. The figures were calculated by the Tax Payers’ Alliance (TPA) who said that 43 hospital trusts in
by A.B. Sanderson2 Jun 2015, 8:38 AM PST0

Discrimination against elderly people within the NHS is set to worsen thanks to new “highly unethical” targets being set by the UN which prioritise treatment for younger people, senior medics have warned. Charities have spoken out against an “alarming” cultural
by Donna Rachel Edmunds29 May 2015, 4:50 AM PST0

Police investigators have warned that thousands of foreign nurses with faked qualifications could be working in the NHS right now. The revelation comes following the conviction of Filipino nurse Victorino Chua for the murdering two patients and poisoning 20 others in
by Donna Rachel Edmunds19 May 2015, 5:32 AM PST0

Fat parents must shape up or “face the music”, the chief executive of the NHS has declared. Urging the government to back plans designed to coerce people into healthier lifestyles, Simon Stevens also said that the NHS isn’t just a health service,
by Donna Rachel Edmunds19 May 2015, 4:43 AM PST0

Clinical staff at two scandal-hit NHS hospitals have been handed millions in performance bonus payments, despite delivering poor care leading to the deaths of hundreds of patients. Freedom of Information requests submitted by the Taxpayers’ Alliance (TPA) uncovered more than
by Donna Rachel Edmunds18 May 2015, 5:16 AM PST0

A mixed-race HIV positive Londoner has written a letter of support to Nigel Farage following the Ukip leader’s remarks on HIV health tourism. The anonymous author, who describes himself as a “victim of HIV immigration”, details how his health is being put
by Donna Rachel Edmunds1 May 2015, 4:41 AM PST0

A charity boss has had her pay increased to a whopping £420,000 despite the homes her charity provides to vulnerable elderly people coming under criticism for being inadequate. At the same time, it has emerged that NHS bosses awarded themselves an
by Donna Rachel Edmunds21 Apr 2015, 7:04 AM PST0

Finally, in this dullest and most dishonest of general elections, I’ve spotted a clear campaign winner. It’s the Get UKIP party. Possibly Get UKIP’s finest hour so far was during and after the Leaders’ Debate in which Nigel Farage pointed
by James Delingpole13 Apr 2015, 6:34 AM PST0

The government has introduced new guidelines to clamp down on health tourism just days after UKIP leader Nigel Farage was slammed by his political opponents for raising the subject. The new rules advise hospitals that they have a “legal obligation”
by Donna Rachel Edmunds13 Apr 2015, 6:21 AM PST0

Fresh calls have been made for an inquiry into claims that a senior NHS boss put patients lives at risk in order to meet Labour health targets and then gagged a whistleblower. Dame Barbara Hakin, who earns £205,000 a year
by Donna Rachel Edmunds9 Apr 2015, 12:44 AM PST0

Over 9,000 people die each year needlessly thanks to the unwillingness of Britain’s political classes to embrace public-private partnerships in healthcare, a new report has found. Far from being the “envy of the world”, the report’s authors highlight the fact
by Donna Rachel Edmunds6 Apr 2015, 1:01 AM PST0

A Welshman who fell ill after visiting family in Cambridgeshire was shocked to discover that NHS England would not be picking up the bill for his treatment. Nicholas White, 64, from Gwynedd in North Wales was given a bill for
by A.B. Sanderson20 Mar 2015, 6:33 AM PST0

How much do you think Britain’s amazing, selfless, tireless, angelic nurses should be paid for the incredible work they do caring for sick people in our National Health Service hospitals? Should it be a) a thousand pounds an hour b)
by James Delingpole16 Mar 2015, 6:25 AM PST0

Britain outside the EU would be like North Korea, former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown has claimed. His comments come as the shadow Chancellor Ed Balls stands accused of having “lost his marbles” for painting an “apocalyptic” vision of life under
by Donna Rachel Edmunds10 Mar 2015, 10:22 AM PST0

And so today we are moved to say the unsayable. We suggest that the NHS, the institution that, according to Nye Bevan, gave us ‘the moral leadership of the world’, is not working. And we go further. We suggest that
by Dominic Frisby6 Mar 2015, 3:10 AM PST0

As a frequent visitor to Hindustan, the cows in the market place wandering, grazing on cut flowers and fruit on the market stalls are an amusing and rather endearing sight. No great damage is done to the sub continent’s economy
by Godfrey Bloom2 Mar 2015, 8:43 AM PST0

Editor’s note: in this comment piece Matt Ridley calls for a radical new private-sector ethos for Britain’s state healthcare service. It first appeared in today’s edition of the Times. The latest report into Jimmy Savile’s astonishing freedom to roam the
by Breitbart London2 Mar 2015, 3:52 AM PST0

DJ and TV presenter Jimmy Savile raped or sexually assaulted at least 60 patients at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, including seriously ill children, a report has concluded. Savile, who is now accepted to have been one of the most notorious sex
by Andre Walker26 Feb 2015, 4:26 AM PST0

Ministers are stalling the publication of a report that heavily criticises NHS management as they are determined to avoid bad press for the health service ahead of the election, it has been claimed. The paper’s author Stuart Rose is said to
by Donna Rachel Edmunds17 Feb 2015, 6:22 AM PST0

Medical experts have recommended that exercise is something which GPs should be prescribing more often, describing it as “a wonder drug” which is important in the prevention of many common diseases. The report from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
by A.B. Sanderson13 Feb 2015, 9:09 AM PST0

A row has blown up between Labour and UKIP in Bolton over a controversial election leaflet which UKIP says contains “blatant lies” about their manifesto. The Labour Party has distributed thousands of leaflets entitled “Local Voice — Winter 2015” in
by A.B. Sanderson13 Feb 2015, 7:07 AM PST0

NHS trusts have been spending hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money on luxury foreign trips to recruit NHS nurses, many of which then leave their jobs after only a few months in the post. A Telegraph investigation reveals
by A.B. Sanderson10 Feb 2015, 6:10 AM PST0

A Conservative Member of Parliament has called for the NHS to be reformed by introducing charges for those who lead “unhealthy lifestyles” by drinking too much, eating junk food or leading promiscuous lives.Dr Philip Lee MP, a practicing GP, has
by Donna Rachel Edmunds8 Feb 2015, 7:42 AM PST0