As Britain's National Health Service struggles with underfunding and long waiting times, private healthcare providers are sweeping in.

Two elderly patients have been in the emergency department of the Royal Victoria Hospital for more than five days.

The private sector already helps reduce waiting lists for routine operations, such as hip and knee replacements and cataract removal, and is paid per procedure by the NHS. Government officials said ...

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Other measures in Labour’s plan include an expansion of the NHS app so patients can use it to manage their referrals, and shifting care out of hospitals by growing the network of community diagnostic ...

Northampton General Hospital is urging the public not to attend the site if they have certain symptoms that are currently ‘spreading across the community’.

Patients will be able to book more tests and scans after work and at weekends as part of plans to free up millions of medical ...

Two men are in hospital, one with "life changing" injuries, after a three-vehicle crash. Avon and Somerset Police said they ...

Half of the adults surveyed assumed they're just added to a waiting list and then have no option but to be patient for ...