A man who was given a free nose job on the National Health Service, then threatened to sue it because he was unhappy with the result, has announced his bankruptcy. Sam Barton from Sutton Coldfield, in Birmingham blew a total of
Nigel Farage says that nurses working for the NHS should be able to speak English. I agree. What a pity that this is about the most daringly controversial criticism of the NHS we’re likely to hear from almost any politician,
The NHS is suffering an Accident & Emergency crisis this week, with five hospitals having to declare states of emergency after being overwhelmed by demand. One official described the scenes at some hospitals as a “war-zone”, as patients were left
The Labour Party in Scotland has pledged to employ a thousand more nurses than the current nationalist government, which will be paid for by the English. The party plans to use the proceeds of the proposed Mansion Tax – which
A kebab-loving couple declared too fat to work are raking in £2k a month in welfare handouts from the British taxpayer. Stephen Beer and Michelle Coomb, from Plymouth, weigh a total of 55 stone and claim their size makes it
UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has said that doctors who do not speak English to an adequate level should be banned from working in the NHS. He also labelled inability to train enough doctors to meet current demand as
A senior labour politician has called for a “radical rescue plan” to save the NHS from catastrophe. Writing in the Mail on Sunday, Member of Parliament Frank Field has said that unless drastic action is taken, a disastrous financial shortfall
The Labour-run NHS in Wales is falling behind its English counterpart in almost every measure, detailed research by the House of Commons library shows. The figures demonstrate that not only do patients in Wales wait far longer for tests and
The United Kingdom confirmed its first positive Ebola case in Scotland.
The Chief Executive of NHS England has attacked the recent ruling by European Court of Justice that obesity is a disability. The Organisation of Economic Co-Operation and Development’s latest health report show that a quarter of British adults are obese
As the British public let their belts out a notch to feast on chocolate and eggnog, NHS bosses are calling on doctors to report patients who put on weight. The head of the NHS has said schools, the food industry
The NHS is straining under the weight of demand, leaving patients queuing before dawn to get an appointment with their doctor, others being offered quick-fire two minute appointments, and hospital patients left on trolleys for up to 12 hours in
Patients in the leafy suburb of Sunbury-on-Thames are having to queue up before 7am every morning if they wish to see their doctor. The images of patients shivering in the cold, which the Daily Mail reported, have been used to
Proposals to double the target response times for some serious conditions have been revealed. The changes would see patients suffering from strokes and seizures having to wait up to 19 minutes for an ambulance, double the current target of eight
