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The Doctrine Britain Recites But No Longer Fully Funds

The Ebola outbreak spreading through eastern Congo tests a promise made in 2020 that ministers now fund only in theory.

Government Names 159 Sites For £343m Mental Health Capital Investment

Funding package targets new dedicated emergency departments and community hubs across England to ease pressure on standard A&E units.

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Mental Health Chiefs Accept Tougher NHS Targets In Bid To Secure Long Term Funding

Trust leaders agree to stricter waiting time standards as NHS England weighs investment through to 2028

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The NHS Heat Crisis Is Not A Climate Story, It Is A Capital Story

Yvette Cooper's call for the health service to plan for summer as carefully as winter exposes a deeper failure to fund the estate that has to survive both.

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The Innovation Fund That Admits The NHS Has An Adoption Problem

As the fourth round of cancer innovation funding opens for applications in September, the real subject is not new technology but the NHS's long failure to keep hold of what already works.

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The Cyclospora Outbreak Sweeping America Should Trouble British Ministers Long After Its Headlines Fade

As the UK prepares to relax checks on EU fresh produce until 2027, Washington's crisis exposes what happens when surveillance funding falls behind the food supply it is meant to police.

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When the Treasury Talks About Borrowing, The NHS Estate Is Listening

John Healey's search for fiscal flexibility ahead of his first budget will decide whether a decade of promised capital investment in hospitals finally arrives, or is quietly redirected again.

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China's Warehouse Robots Are Already In Britain's Supply Chains. Washington's Response Should Worry The NHS

A US ban on Chinese-made humanoid robots exposes a governance question the health service has yet to confront, even as its own appetite for automation grows.

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