All news by author: Martin Bagot

The public has been urged to use hospitals and emergency services "wisely", as NHS Providers – which represents trusts - warned the whole service was approaching a “crunch point”

Up to 45,000 junior doctors in England will down tools in March for 72 hours if a major strike ballot passes, the British Medical Association has announced today

Tories have been accused of repeatedly ignoring the problems that have left the NHS at breaking point after 13 years of shameful underfunding as they blamed Covid, Strep A and flu instead

The NHS is facing its most difficult winter ever and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine estimates between 300 and 500 people are being killed each week due to delays - the Mirror's Health Editor looks at the reasons why

A report posted online, claiming to be from a frontline doctor, claimed between 60% and 70% of patients were waiting 10 hours to be seen in the emergency department

Medics warned Tory cuts have left the NHS on its knees, amid claims up to 500 people a week die because of delays in emergency care

Health bosses have warned people to stay at home if they're unwell as the number of hospital admissions for flu have soared in the past week alone, rising by 79%

Unions and the NHS leaders fear Health Secretary Steve Barclay will seek to limit next year's pay rise for healthcare staff other than doctors and dentists to just 2% - amounting to a real terms wage cut