NHS England is set to pay recruitment consultants £20,000 for each foreign GP they bring to the UK as part of a new hiring spree.

One-off funding injections and accountancy changes meant NHS England’s underlying deficit last year was almost £3bn higher than the official estimate, new research has found. 

The Government must act to recoup millions of taxpayers' money being spent on private finance contracts in the NHS, a health thinktank has said. 

Private hospitals are set to benefit from over £50m of tax breaks over the next five years, while NHS hospitals see their bills soar.

Jeremy Hunt has stepped up his attack on Stephen Hawking after the renowned scientist accused the Government of planning to privatise the NHS.

The British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT) welcomes Public Health England’s plans to engage in further work with food manufacturers to cut sugar in cakes, biscuits and chocolate by 20 per cent by 2020. 

The Government has completed the sale of the Green Investment Bank for £2.3bn. 

Shops and restaurants will be forced to shrink their products unless they can find another way to meet government guidelines to reduce obesity, a senior health official has said.

The recent floods in Nepal, which have killed at least 123 people and affected approximately 11.5 million, risk turning into a public health crisis unless urgent steps are taken to provide those affected with water, sanitation and hygiene, WaterAid said on Tuesday.

The Government has announced a new course for teenagers aimed at tackling the "devastating effect" of mental health problems. 

Jeremy Hunt has furiously denied reports that he demanded a personal bathroom worth £44,000 at his new office.

Nine in 10 of England’s biggest NHS trusts are failing to employ enough nurses to ensure patients are safe, according to analysis.

Labour has accused the Government of presiding over a “staggering failure” on cancer treatment. 

The election result has left the future of NHS Sustainability and Transformation plans 'weakened and in jeopardy', says Dods Monitoring's Rosie Lythgoe-Cheetham.

NHS England has not met its monthly target for A&E waiting times for two years, newly released figures show.

A new report published today by Healthwatch has highlighted the striking variation in care homes across the country. 

Labour has criticised the Government after it emerged the amount of NHS land up for sale more than doubled last year. 

The Government has announced the "biggest ever" boost to the number of medical school places available next year as it looks to increase NHS staff numbers.

Labour has renewed its attack on government cuts after new figures suggested more than 40% of maternity wards in England were forced to close at least once last year.

Jeremy Hunt has endorsed a report that concluded the NHS is wasting money on poor care.

The Liberal Democrats have branded the Government’s efforts to stem the drug trade an “abject failure” after a record number of people died from substance abuse last year.  

Continued staff shortages, overstretched and stressed out workers and overcrowded hospitals will undoubtedly see people die unnecessarily.

Jeremy Hunt has announced the recruitment of 21,000 extra mental health staff to redress what he calls a "historic imbalance" in the NHS workforce.