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'The NHS can't tell me where my job will be'

'The NHS can't tell me where my job will be'

Charlie Haynes BBC Investigations, East Midlands BBC Jayne Evans is one of hundreds of “placeholder” resident doctors who do not know where they will be based Jayne Evans has completed four years at medical school in London – but says she is still being left in the dark about where her first permanent NHS position […]

The English neighbourhood that could hold the secret to fixing the NHS

The English neighbourhood that could hold the secret to fixing the NHS

BBC Listen to this article on BBC Sounds Ministers, health staff and the public gathered in London last week for a summit to discuss the 10-year NHS plan in England. It was the final roadshow in a nationwide tour to help set out the strategy the government says will rescue the “broken” NHS, which has […]

Scans in shopping centres and AI – can ideas like these help save the NHS?

Scans in shopping centres and AI – can ideas like these help save the NHS?

Alison Holt Social affairs editor BBC Phil Brown was able to get an ultrasound scan quickly and easily in a Barnsley shopping centre “That was really quick – straight in, straight out,” says Phil Brown as he leaves a smart glass building in a shopping centre in Barnsley. He has just had an ultrasound scan […]

Public satisfaction with NHS hits record low

Public satisfaction with NHS hits record low

Getty Images Public satisfaction with the NHS has hit a new low, according to the long-running British Social Attitudes survey. Just 21% said they were satisfied with the NHS in 2024, with waiting times and staff shortages the biggest concerns. Satisfaction rates have dropped sharply since the pandemic – in 2019, 60% were satisfied. Responding […]

NHS billions wasted as bipolar patients left 'forgotten and failed'

NHS billions wasted as bipolar patients left 'forgotten and failed'

BBC handout When her baby was three weeks old, Emma took an overdose Failing to properly diagnose and treat people with bipolar disorder is wasting billions of pounds a year in the UK, according to new data shared exclusively with the BBC. Experts say many of the estimated million people living with this condition are […]

NHS software provider fined £3m over data breach after ransomware attack

NHS software provider fined £3m over data breach after ransomware attack

An NHS software provider has been fined £3m by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) over security failings that led to a ransomware attack on the NHS. The Advanced Computer Software Group was fined for a breach that put personal information of 79,404 people at risk, the UK’s data protection watchdog said. The firm provides IT […]