The number of patients waiting more than a year for NHS treatment has risen 100-fold in a year, new figures show. Across England, 139,545 people had waited more than 52 weeks to start treatment as of September this year – the highest number for any calendar...
NHS prescriptions for walks in the park have fewer mental health benefits than spontaneously enjoying nature as they put people under pressure, a study has found. So-called “green prescriptions” are typically given alongside conventional therapies, and...
Attempts to make the NHS go digital are failing and billions more pounds are at risk of being wasted in the absence of a proper plan, MPs have warned. A report by the public accounts committee (PAC) has found that officials have “none” of the essential...
The health service’s “lack of capacity and lack of flexibility” has been “very, very alarming” over the coronavirus pandemic, according to Telegraph columnist and former editor, Charles Moore. Speaking to Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan on this week’s Planet Normal...
However, new analysis published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that increasing the wait to surgery from six to 12 weeks would increase the risk of death by around nine per cent. The scientists at Queen’s University in Ontario and the London School of...
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