healthcare

Medical professions have rejected claims by the Prime Minister that the amended NHS reforms have their full support.

As the government renewed its attempt to push forward the Health and Social Care Bill it has published a list of ten myths which it claims are being used to de-rail its progress.

Middle aged Britons are the unhealthiest in the world, according to new research.

Government health reforms still pose an "unacceptably high risk to the NHS" and should be scrapped, according to the British Medical Association (BMA).

Health insurers and brokers have broadly supported the Office of Fair Trading's (OFT) view that the private healthcare market is ‘not working well for customers'.

The Cancer Drugs Fund has led to a ‘devastating divide' in access to treatment between England and other home nations, according to a cancer charity.

The private healthcare market ‘may not be working well for consumers', the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said.

Unison has called for an immediate halt to the government's Health and Social Care Bill that will reform the NHS and highlighted fears that private patients may get priority.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has rejected another cancer drug for the NHS due to its cost.

The NHS exceeded all seven of its targets for cancer diagnosis and treatment during the last year, new data has revealed.