Laura Donnelly

Think tank says extra contributions will cost sector more than £900m next year, dwarfing £600m promised to local authorities for social care

Cases among those in their 50s have increased by 55 per cent – faster than any other age group

Strengthened NHS guidance stresses that HRT should be the ‘first-line treatment’ for hot flushes, insomnia and low mood

Without new laws, the health service will struggle to cope with the demands of a ‘sicker society’, argues Richard Meddings

Family doctors had pleaded for exemptions, saying the extra costs could force some out of business

Just two-thirds of urgent cancer referrals this year till August were treated within 62-day standard, according to Lib Dem analysis

Devices to track blood pressure and cancer recovery to be given out under 10-year plan to save health service

Increase of 11,000 cases means more men face risk of deadlier late-stage disease

Findings of eight-year study suggest the weight-loss jab could form ‘a novel therapeutic pathway’ in treating addiction

Wes Streeting pledges to repurpose tens of millions of medical items to ‘support homegrown medtech and equipment’