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Budget 2023: Childcare, pensions, tax, benefits — the key takeaways from Jeremy Hunt's statement
Jeremy Hunt's Spring budget saw big changes for childcare, pensions, benefits and energy bills, so it’s worth knowing what’s on the list, and what it means for you.
Cost of living crisis: 'Deeply concerning' rise in prescriptions left uncollected
Many respondents said patients were asking what prescriptions they could do without as the cost of living crisis stretched their budgets.
Entire county in England has zero NHS dentist spots available, MP reveals
Lib Dem MP Tim Farron said there isn't a single NHS dental place available in the whole of Cumbria.
How close to death do you need to be to get an ambulance in England?
Patients are facing long waits for ambulances in England, or being told to make their own way to hospital.
Why are so many more people dying than normal?
Flu, COVID, disrupted care and the NHS crisis are all playing a part.
Tanya Moodie says her nurse mother inspired Empire of Light performance (exclusive)
Tanya Moodie says her mother was a nurse, which led to some surprising childhood moments.
Woman spends £47,000 of inheritance to go private as NHS ‘won’t treat aneurysm as urgent’
It comes as the NHS faces a shortage of hospital beds and long waits in A&E.
'I can't help that COVID happened,' Rishi Sunak says as NHS faces record delays
The PM said it would be 'wrong' to ignore the impact coronavirus has had on the NHS, which is facing record delays.
'There were virtually no ambulances': Paramedic describes 'worst shift of his career'
A paramedic has told how he waited five hours with a pensioner in an ambulance as he bled internally due to no A&E space.
NHS celebrated in new 2023 coins bearing King Charles portrait
The unveiling of the new collection symbolises one of the biggest changes to UK coins since decimalisation, the Royal Mint said.
The hospitals with the worst ambulance handover delays
The time it takes an ambulance to handover a patient to A&E has become a key pressure point in the NHS.
Flu patients in critical care now outstrip those with COVID
NHS figures show the number of critically ill flu patients in England has soared by 86% in a week.
What is 'moral injury' at work?
If you’ve ever been asked to do something you’re not comfortable with at work, you’re not alone.
NHS backlog rises despite increase in funding and staff
The NHS has more funding and stuff than before the COVID pandemic but is treating fewer patients, according to research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Good Morning Britain's Richard Madeley makes bed blunder in live broadcast from NHS hospital
The show was broadcast live from the foyer of Whiston Hospital in Cheshire where staff were working to treat patients.
NHS is 'collapsing and it's getting worse', union warns
Dr Emma Runswick, deputy chair of the British Medical Association (BMA) Council, said she is “almost certain” the situation will continue to get worse.
The areas of England with the longest ambulance delays
Some 11,000 ambulances in England waited outside A&E for more than an hour last week.
The one area where ambulance staff are not going on strike this Christmas
Thousands of ambulance staff across England and Wales are going on strike on 21 December, unions have announced.
Merger of hearing implant firms could mean 'higher prices for NHS'
The UK competition watchdog has 'concerns' over Cochlear’s proposed purchase of Oticon Medical.
When is the nurse strikes and which NHS Trusts are affected?
Nurses voted to go on strike earlier this week and are demanding an above-inflation pay rise from the government.
Autumn budget: Hunt must find £43bn to keep public services going, TUC warns
TUC warns of stealth cuts if spending on public services isn’t adjusted for inflation.
Teaching assistants and healthcare workers leaving for supermarket jobs
Healthcare workers, teaching assistants and paramedics are leaving their jobs to find better-paid roles in supermarkets, a trade union has warned.
Tyler West dedicates 'Strictly Come Dancing' success to his 'hero' NHS nurse mum
The radio DJ explained how his mum worked hard on the front line during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The startling reason so many over 50s have left the workforce
Health problems are driving middle-aged people out of the workforce as the NHS struggled to treat patients.
Christian GP who offers to pray with patients settles disciplinary case with NHS
Dr Richard Scott accused the NHS of trying to 'humiliate' him.
Jeremy Clarkson proposes government abolish NHS to save money
The TV presenter - who is estimated to be worth £55m - says the government should not tax the rich, but scrap the National Health Service to save money.