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A fetish, frozen legs and a 5 crore scam: how an NHS doctor fooled insurers with self-amputation

September 05, 2025 10:49 pm

Neil Hopper was even shortlisted in the European Space Agency’s search for an astronaut with a disability.

UK PM Keir Starmer scraps NHS England to bring health services under 'democratic control'

March 13, 2025 9:00 pm

The National Health Service has seen an impact on its services due to COVID pandemic, an aging population and a series of strikes which has been dragging the economy.

Crisis in the UK's NHS shows why Conservatives are struggling after 14 years in power

June 28, 2024 10:43 pm

The NHS is creaking under the weight of an aging and growing population, years of funding constraints, and fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Images of victims of the contaminated blood scandal are displayed during a vigil to remember those that lost their lives, ahead of the release of final report of the Infected Blood Inquiry on Monday, in London, Britain, May 19, 2024.

What is the UK’s contaminated blood scandal, a deadly treatment disaster that claimed at least 3,000 lives?

May 21, 2024 12:47 pm

On May 20, a public enquiry into the scandal found that the government cover-up of the scandal was “more subtle, more pervasive and more chilling in its implications” than any orchestrated conspiracy plot. What was the scandal?

What’s behind the ‘longest-ever’ strike of junior doctors in the UK?

July 14, 2023 8:11 pm

The junior doctors are protesting the steep decline in pay they have seen since 2008/09 amidst the UK's crippling cost of living crisis.

UK visa fees, health surcharge to rise to meet higher costs, says PM Rishi Sunak

July 13, 2023 8:31 pm

The IHS, which applies to long-term migrants to the UK including a discounted rate for students, starts from around GBP 470 for a year and rises to thousands of pounds for multiple-year visa applications.

NHS removes words 'women' and 'woman' from menoapuse page in a bid to be more 'inclusive'

June 30, 2022 3:02 pm

Notably, it had recently removed the same words from its landing pages for ovarian, womb, and cervical cancer too.

Capt. Tom Moore, UK veteran who walked for NHS, dies at 100

February 02, 2021 10:36 pm

Capt. Tom Moore, the World War II veteran who walked into the hearts of a nation in lockdown as he shuffled up and down his garden to raise money for healthcare workers has died after testing positive for COVID19.

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William, Kate and their kids talk about NHS workers' sacrifices 'every day'

January 10, 2021 2:15 pm

'Catherine and I, and all the children talk about all of you guys every day,' the Duke of Cambridge said

NHS England plans to vaccinate all frontline staff against COVID-19 in next few weeks

January 09, 2021 11:32 am

Nikita Kanani, the Nation Health Service medical director for primary care, said the vaccine will be administered to “all health and social care staff” by mid-February.