UK lawmakers approve lifetime smoking ban for today's under-18sBritain passes landmark law to create a smoke-free generation by permanently banning cigarette sales to those aged 17 and under and tighten...
22 Apr, 2026, 05.01 PM IST
Pay, policy and pressure - Why Indian doctors are quitting the UKSenior doctors of Indian origin working in the UK's National Health Service (NHS) told PTI that many Indian health professionals are choosi...
23 Dec, 2025, 06.15 AM IST
UK PM Keir Starmer declares war on red tape, abolishes health bodyBritish Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces the abolition of NHS England, an arms-length government body, bringing the NHS under democrat...
15 Mar, 2025, 01.23 PM IST
Did he take a leaf out of Elon Musk's DOGE? Keir Starmer to slash 10,000 jobs at NHS England; here are the ones who will be impactedPM Keir Starmer abolishes NHS England, cutting 9,000 roles to slash bureaucracy and redirect funds to frontline care. Critics warn of disru...
14 Mar, 2025, 01.45 AM IST
NHS England abolished, PM Keir Starmer hopes move will bring it back under democratic controlThe move will undo the structural reforms that the NHS were put through in 2012. The latest reorganisation will cut bureaucracy and bring t...
13 Mar, 2025, 07.42 PM IST
Amanda Pritchard resigns as NHS England chief: What it means for healthcare reformsAmanda Pritchard has announced her resignation as NHS England chief executive and will step down in April after facing scrutiny from parlia...
25 Feb, 2025, 06.49 PM IST
British PM Starmer plans 'major surgery' to reform country's health serviceBritish Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans for major reforms to the NHS following a review by Lord Ara Darzi, which highlighted se...
12 Sep, 2024, 06.46 PM IST
Reform or die: UK PM Keir Starmer promises 10-year plan to fix health serviceBritish Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged a 10-year plan to reform the National Health Service, addressing its critical condition. He...
12 Sep, 2024, 05.03 PM IST
UK PM Keir Starmer blames Tories for 'broken' health service in EnglandSuccessive Tory-led governments dealt "unforgiveable" damage to the National Health Service in the 14 years before his Labour Party's lands...
08 Sep, 2024, 11.41 PM IST
Keir Starmer begins UK 'rebuild' after landslide election winNewly elected Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer will begin his "rebuild Britain" initiative on his first full day in office, following a l...
06 Jul, 2024, 12.46 PM IST
UK govt announces huge recruitment drive for health serviceThe publicly-funded NHS, which marks its 75th birthday on Wednesday, is facing an estimated workforce shortfall of 360,000 by 2037 due to a...
30 Jun, 2023, 03.35 PM IST
Ex-Health Secretary Sajid Javid suggests patients should pay for GP appointments and A&E visits, calls NHS model ‘unsustainable’Former Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said that “extending the contributory principle” should be inculcated in the radical reforms requir...
21 Jan, 2023, 05.01 PM IST
English language test dashes nurses' hopes of filling UK jobsThe Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the profession's regulatory body, requires overseas trained nurses to sit a language test before t...
02 Dec, 2022, 10.41 AM IST
Most NHS dental practises in Britain are not accepting new adult patientsBritain's NHS dental services are at a tipping point. About 90% of the NHS dental services cannot take new adult patients for treatment. Th...
08 Aug, 2022, 04.35 PM IST
Robots may replace 250K public sector UK workers by 2030: ReportThe UK police and other emergency services are already using data to predict areas of greatest risk from burglary and fire, it said.
06 Feb, 2017, 05.35 PM IST
India biggest exporter of doctors, nurses to Europe: OECD reportMore than a third of NHS doctors, some 35 per cent, in the UK alone were born abroad, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Develop...
28 Dec, 2015, 08.19 PM IST
- UK can save millions of pounds by outsourcing to India
National Health Services administration should be outsourced to India to save million of pounds, MD of NHS Services said.
03 Jan, 2011, 08.50 PM IST