Clinicians warn of the UK’s ‘biggest cancer crisis ever’ as record-breaking treatment waiting times have become normalised Britain faces a cancer emergency because of treatment delays, doctors have warned, saying the care backlog needs the same urgent focus as the hunt for a Covid vaccine. NHS figures show only 60.3% […]
PM says he has signed deal with Albania and will resume ‘hostile environment’ checks on bank accounts Rishi Sunak has insisted he can clear a backlog of nearly 100,000 asylum claims by the end of next year as part of a set of policies that include resuming “hostile environment” checks […]
Harry Dunn’s family want to know if Chris Pincher was distracted by misconduct claims at time of immunity row Labour has written to the foreign secretary to press for answers about the involvement of the disgraced MP Chris Pincher in the government’s botched handling of the case of Anne Sacoolas, […]
Crammed wards, burned-out GPs, patients waiting hours for ambulances – the health service is at breaking point Inside the dimly lit command centre at King’s College hospital, staff arriving for the first beds meeting of the day are greeted with a warning: the hospital is already under strain. “So, we […]
Money will go towards charities providing much-needed support services in cost of living crisis Donate to our charity appeal here An incredible £200,000 has been donated already to our Cost of Living Crisis charity appeal by generous Guardian and Observer readers, just five days after the appeal was launched. We […]
Eleanor Williams tells jury she was given drugs and alcohol at ‘parties’ where she was paid for sex A woman accused of lying about being raped and trafficked by an Asian grooming gang claimed she was forced to get engaged to one of her abusers to help him get a […]
Exclusive: Government-commissioned paper pinpoints budget squeeze as key reason for service’s loss of capacity A “decade of neglect” by successive Conservative administrations has weakened the NHS to the point that it will not be able to tackle the 7 million-strong backlog of care, a government-commissioned report has concluded. The paper […]
Researchers managed to release more energy than they put in: a positive gain known as ignition Researchers have reportedly made a breakthrough in the quest to unlock a “near-limitless, safe, clean” source of energy: they have got more energy out of a nuclear fusion reaction than they put in. Nuclear […]
Royal College of Nursing leader criticises ‘belligerence’ in meeting with Steve Barclay at which ministers refused to discuss pay UK politics live – latest news updates Nurses’ strikes will go ahead this week after a meeting between the union and the health secretary ended in deadlock, with the Royal College […]
West Midlands police say a fourth boy remains in critical condition in hospital after incident on Sunday Three boys aged eight, 10 and 11 have died after falling through thin ice at a lake near Solihull in the West Midlands. A fourth boy, aged six, was in a critical condition […]