Hundreds of NHS hospital beds will be freed up by a new home support platform rolling out across five trusts, a move that officials hope will save millions of pounds…
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James Whitfield
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James Whitfield is the Editor-in-Chief of Health News Daily, bringing over 15 years of experience in health journalism. A former health correspondent for regional UK publications, James oversees editorial policy, standards and final approval of all published content. He specialises in NHS policy, healthcare reform and the political decisions that shape the UK's health system. James is committed to delivering accurate, transparent and trustworthy health reporting for UK readers.
· 15+ years in health journalism, former regional health correspondent, newsroom editorial leadership
· NHS funding and workforce planning, waiting list policy, primary care access, GP and dentistry shortages, Continuing Healthcare assessments, health legislation and DHSC decisions
Nearly two in five operations cancelled at the last minute in England could be avoided, according to a major analysis that has prompted experts to demand an urgent overhaul of…
An inquest has found that the NHS failed a mother by supporting an unsafe home birth against medical advice, a decision that led to the death of her newborn daughter.…
Maternal deaths have surged to a 20-year high, forcing the NHS to introduce sweeping new clinical standards in a bid to reverse a decade of rising fatalities. Between 2021 and…
Half a million UK Biobank participants’ health data was listed for sale online on the Chinese e-commerce platform Alibaba, the government has confirmed, in what technology minister Ian Murray called…
School caterers have warned that the government’s new healthy eating proposals could make their services financially unviable, as rising costs, low profit margins and the risk of pupils abandoning school…
An NHS trust in a region grappling with severe childhood obesity has provoked alarm after advising parents to use chocolate buttons, crisps, and biscuits as weaning foods for babies struggling…
Britain has enacted one of the world’s most stringent anti-smoking laws, permanently banning the sale of tobacco to anyone born on or after 1 January 2009. The Tobacco and Vapes…
A midwife admitted at an inquest that an ambulance should have been summoned 90 minutes before a baby was born “blue and floppy” at a home birth, a failure which…
In a landmark case of fetal medicine, a baby boy received a life-saving blood transfusion while still in his mother’s womb, a procedure believed to make him the youngest person…