The Department of Health has unveiled a new initiative offering free flu jabs. The vaccination programme will specifically ...

NHS leaders are warning that emergency departments in England face severe pressure this winter, with fresh concerns about overcrowding, rising respiratory illness, and the impact of planned resident ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The NHS is coming under strain due to a rapid rise in the number of 'super flu' patients. (Alamy) (Jeff Moore, PA Images) The NHS ...

Cases of the new “subclade K” super-flu are “ballooning” in the UK, said NHS England. Its latest figures show that the number of flu patients admitted to hospital is up 50% on the same period last ...

He said he is “genuinely fearful” for the NHS, and agreed that the collapse of the health service is “effectively” at “one minute to midnight”. In a stark warning, the health secretary said he cannot ...

Wes Streeting has said that the prospect of a resident doctors’ strike and a surge in virus cases collapsing the NHS is a “pretty terrifying position” for both him and frontline staff. He said he is ...