Healthcare

Staff Pride in Care Quality Commission Falls to Record Low as Internal Pressures Mount

An internal survey shows that nearly half the CQC workforce now views its role neutrally or negatively, raising questions about the regulator's capacity to carry out its core functions

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Cancer Diagnoses in the UK Surpass 400,000 a Year for the First Time

Screening improvements and an ageing population are pushing case numbers to record levels, but survival rate progress has slowed sharply over the past decade

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Maternal Deaths in the UK Reach a 20-Year High as NHS Introduces Mandatory Safety Standards

Half of recent fatalities were linked to care where different decisions could have changed the outcome, prompting a shift from voluntary guidelines to enforceable clinical protocols

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The NHS Data Revolution Cannot Be Held Hostage to the Electoral Cycle

Labour's vulnerability in the London local elections risks turning a critical piece of national health infrastructure into a political bargaining chip

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Parliament Passes Lifelong Smoking Ban for Future Generations

New law will prohibit tobacco sales to anyone born after 2008 as ministers target smoke-free status by 2030

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Dame Meg Hiller: Middle East Conflict Threatens Government's New Hospital Pledge

Warnings of "zero headroom" as rising inflation and supply chain shocks from the conflict involving Iran jeopardise the already delayed building programme

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BMA Negotiators Backed Pay Deal Days Before Committee Called Strike

Health Secretary left "enormously disappointed" as resident doctors' leadership is overruled by committee members, triggering six-day walkout.

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How the NHS Decides Who Gets the Latest Wonder Drugs

The first rise in NICE's cost-effectiveness threshold in twenty years marks a turning point in how Britain funds life-extending treatments, but significant questions remain about whether the system can deliver.

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The Gridlock and the Blueprint: Can the 'Neighbourhood Health Service' Be Saved?

As bureaucratic paralysis and leadership exits stall national reforms, a predictive model at St George's Hospital offers a high-performance roadmap for recovery.

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