Rebecca Thomas

Exclusive: New Nursing and Midwifery Council chief apologises over failure to investigate sexual misconduct claims and admits killer nurse Lucy Letby should have been suspended much earlier – after series of exposes by The Independent

Jennifer Bradley was told in 1970 that the DES drug prescribed during pregnancy was ‘completely safe’ - but it has left her daughter with lifelong gynaecological issues

New report reveals ‘heartbreaking’ stories of elderly patients left to languish in hospital corridors for hours as experts warn of ‘crisis in plain sight’

NHS doctors fear this winter could be one of the most challenging yet

Every winter is a challenge for the NHS. But doctors fear this year could be one of the worst yet, as a ‘hugely concerning’ early flu season, a surge in A&E demand and the overhang of a devastating summer put the creaking health service under huge pressure. Medics and officials tell Rebecca Thomas about why they are more scared than ever before

Lucy Bradley, 29, found out about her condition through the NHS app – and spent days waiting to speak to a medical professional

The mayor of Paris said the robbery was ‘a shock’ and resembled the plot of the mystery thriller ‘Lupin’

France’s interior minister says the group entered the museum using a ladder and broke into windows using small chainsaws

Experts warn Trump drug price demands will risk NHS patient care

Anew deal will only trigger further increased price demands and make healthcare in the UK more expensive, say experts

Clinicians warn of ‘shocking levels of ignorance’ over ‘cruel and risky’ decision to cut gluten-free prescriptions

NHS trust’s gluten-free changes labelled ‘cruel and risky’

Health should not be determined by wealth, says Wes Streeting at the Labour Party conference

Trump’s claims about vaccines are causing ‘alarm to parents’

The anti-oxidents in fresh fruit could combat harmful air pollution, scientists have suggested

While the government looks set to considerably reduce the waiting list, it is likely to fall just short of its own target

A new ‘medical revolution’ in treating Alzheimer’s disease is coming, a leading professor says

Exclusive: ‘This breaks my heart,’ says minister Wes Streeting as waiting list tops 42,000

NHS trusts to be examined in national investigation into ‘failures’

Leeds Teaching Hospitals and Oxford University Hospitals among the trusts to be scrutinised in Baroness Amos review