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Health Service / 6 July 2026

Patients let down by ambulance waits, say Scottish Labour

6 July 2026

NHS staff blockade the entrance to NHS England's headquarters in central London demanding the cancellation of its contract with Palantir, which supplies advanced technology to Israel's military, April 3, 2024

Big Tech / 3 July 2026

Top civil servant recuses herself from working on Palantir contract following conflict of interest concerns

3 July 2026

NHS resident doctors outside Leeds General Infirmary, as thousands of resident doctors go on strike across England in a dispute over pay, November 14, 2025

Workers' Rights / 2 July 2026

GPs to reject new hospital requests for shared care

2 July 2026

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London

NHS / 30 June 2026

Health minister takes action to run failing North Wales health board

30 June 2026

Resident doctors on the picket line outside Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, June 29, 2026

Workers' Rights / 30 June 2026

Settling resident doctors' strike cost less than a week of walkouts, Health Secretary says

30 June 2026

Staff on an NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London, January 18, 2023

Climate Emergency / 25 June 2026

‘Conditions are awful’: NHS not ready for extreme weather, physicians warn

25 June 2026

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth speaks to supporters, backed by his newly elected Senedd members on the steps of the Senedd, May 9, 2026

Economy / 23 June 2026

Plaid set out their budget priorities for Wales

23 June 2026

NHS resident doctors protesting outside Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, July 25, 2025

Workers' Rights / 18 June 2026

Resident doctors begin vote on new government deal on pay and jobs

18 June 2026

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Workers' Rights / 18 June 2026

NHS staff forced to rely on credit cards to pay bills, Unison survey finds

18 June 2026

Staff on an NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London, January 2023

Healthcare / 18 June 2026

Staff shortages driving ‘extremely dangerous’ delays in cancer care

18 June 2026

Rat [Pic: Nikolett Emmert]

NHS Crisis / 16 June 2026

More hospital patients at risk of rotting rats in dilapidated NHS buildings, Unison research shows

16 June 2026

NHS staff blockade the entrance to NHS England's headquarters in central London demanding the cancellation of its contract with Palantir, which campaign groups say supplies advanced technology to Israel's military, April 3, 2024

Big Tech / 11 May 2026

Campaigners and union reps demand NHS ‘cease all contracts with Palantir’

11 May 2026

US tech giant granted ‘unlimited access’ to patients’ data

Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) on the picket line outside John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, as resident doctors in England begin six-days of industrial action in their ongoing row over pay and jobs, April 7, 2026

Workers' Rights / 11 May 2026

Senior doctors across England balloted on taking strike action

11 May 2026

NHS / 6 May 2026

Welsh health board director urged to resign as Unite announces more strikes

6 May 2026

The hand of a patient grips the rail of a hospital bed in the X-ray department at The Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital in East Lancashire, May 17, 2020

Healthcare / 28 April 2026

Housing issues costing NHS £102m as mental health patients stuck in hospital beds

28 April 2026

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar speaking during the launch of Scottish Labour's manifesto for the upcoming Holyrood election, at the University of Edinburgh Hospitality and Events Collection in Edinburgh, April 13, 2026

Holyrood Elections / 15 April 2026

Sarwar vows to reverse neonatal centralistion

15 April 2026

Workers' Rights / 15 April 2026

Overwork driving NHS workers to ‘breaking point,’ warn Unison

15 April 2026

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Healthcare / 28 March 2026

Pregnant women and cancer patients ‘at risk’ because of sonographer shortage

28 March 2026

Workers at one of the 19 National Pandemic Flu Service call centres answer calls from people concerned about swine flu, London July 2009

Workers' Rights / 27 March 2026

Many NHS 111 call handlers leaving due to ‘relentless’ and abusive calls, Unison warns

27 March 2026

NHS workers on the picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital, London, ahead of a march from the hospital to Trafalgar Square, as members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the Unite union continue their strike action in a dispute over pay, May 1, 2023

Workers' Rights / 17 March 2026

NHS workforce crisis will worsen without improvement on 3.3% pay offer, health unions say

17 March 2026

Health workers form a blockade in Soho Square during a protest outside the London headquarters of US tech giant Palantir, which was awarded a �330 million contract by NHS England last month to create a new data management system called the Federated Data Platform, December 21, 2023

Big Tech / 10 March 2026

The Epstein class and the NHS

10 March 2026

While Wes Streeting claims Britain lacks a growth strategy, his own NHS plans reveal one – turning the health service’s vast troves of patient data into a commercial asset for tech giants, investors and private healthcare firms, says HELEN MERCER

Doctor

NHS Crisis / 2 March 2026

Burnout epidemic driving doctors to tears

2 March 2026

Aneurin Bevan at his office in the Ministry of Health, Whitehall, London

Wales / 27 February 2026

Bevan's vision of preventative health to be at heart of Plaid Cymru’s NHS policy

27 February 2026

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward

Neoliberalism / 24 February 2026

Debate on NHS privatisation in Parliament as report finds NHS already 30% privatised

24 February 2026

Health Secretary Wes Streeting speaking to the media during a visit to the specialist surgical unit at Trafford General Hospital in Manchester, February 12, 2026

NHS Crisis / 13 February 2026

Streeting urged to release messages with private healthcare-linked donors

13 February 2026

NHS staff blockade the entrance to NHS England's headquarters in central London demanding the cancellation of its contract with Palantir, which campaign groups say supplies advanced technology to Israel's military. Picture date: Wednesday April 3, 2024

Gaza Genocide / 11 February 2026

PSC to protest outside cosy Palantir MoD multibillion contract party

11 February 2026

Workers' Rights / 9 February 2026

NHS microbiology workers escalate strikes over pay bands row

9 February 2026

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward

NHS Crisis / 2 February 2026

Government does not know the number of NHS staff affected by change in immigration rules

2 February 2026

First Minister of Scotland John Swinney during his visit to the offices of the of Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) in Edinburgh, January 27, 2025

NHS Crisis / 25 January 2026

First Minister points to ‘cultural problems’ at heart of hospital infections scandal

25 January 2026

NHS Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow

Scotland / 21 January 2026

Pressure led to hospital opening too soon, inquiry hears

21 January 2026

Workers' Rights / 16 January 2026

Striking hospital workers hand 7,000-strong letter to NHS trust bosses

16 January 2026

07/03/22 of a generic view of medications at a hospital pharmacy

Public Health / 2 January 2026

NHS quietly releases plan to claw back millions from community pharmacies

2 January 2026

An Accident and Emergency sign

NHS Crisis / 31 December 2025

Millions seeking help for minor ailments in England’s A&Es

31 December 2025

Health Secretary Wes Streeting during a visit to Wimbledon Ambulance Station, south west London, to mark 500 new ambulances being deployed across England, December 18, 2025

NHS / 31 December 2025

New £75m fleet of ambulances met with union calls to invest in staff too

31 December 2025

A support worker stands in a corridor of NHS Seacole Centre at Headley Court, Surrey, May 2020

NHS Crisis / 30 December 2025

A&Es in ‘big trouble’ due to corridor care ‘normalisation,’ leading medic warns

30 December 2025

Resident doctors on the picket line outside Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, on the first day of a five-day walkout over pay and jobs, which could see up to half of the medical workforce in England could stop work. Picture date: Wednesday December 17, 2025

Editorial: / 22 December 2025

Why capitalism fails at planning people and the planet

22 December 2025