Bishop Auckland Hospital has been accredited as an NHS surgical hub through the GIRFT programme, recognising the quality of its planned surgery services.

MUMS and babies are at risk on NHS maternity wards because senior midwives clock off at five o’clock, top doctors warn. They ...

Outsourcing patients to private hospitals is helping England’s overstretched National Health Service ensure most people get treated more than a month faster than they otherwise would, according to a ...

Heatwaves are putting the NHS under pressure say experts [PA/Ben Birchall] Soaring summer temperatures put pressure on ...

NEW NHS appointment protocols have been brought into effect for all patients. The rules update will introduce a mandatory ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

NHS has released a list of symptoms urging people to "trust your instincts" when it comes to what can rapidly develop into a ...

Since being diagnosed with depression in 1995, Leonie Schneider has been prescribed antidepressants for over 24 years. “To be ...

Private hospitals were paid around £2bn to help the NHS during the first year of the COVID pandemic. But an investigation by The BMJ has found that just 30 of the 200 private hospitals were used to ...

A third of trusts with access to Palantir’s federated data platform (FDP) seem not to have logged on to the apps for the past ...