The Scottish Retail Consortium has condemned the SNP’s plan to introduce state-mandated price caps on essential food items as a “1970s-style gimmick”, warning the policy would do nothing to address…
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James Whitfield
Editor-in-Chief
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
NHS accident and emergency departments have achieved their best waiting time performance in five years, a milestone reached not during a period of calm but in the face of the…
Across the National Health Service, a profound sense of conflict and exhaustion is taking hold among doctors as the cycle of industrial action by resident doctors grinds on. The strikes,…
Women will be given a direct financial lever to hold the health service accountable under a new government plan, with a trial scheme linking patient feedback to provider funding, allowing…
Schools across the UK are being forced to reduce the size of meal portions served to pupils as they struggle with the soaring cost of ingredients, a situation that is…
The Trump administration has launched a direct assault on birth control access in the United States, using a major federal healthcare programme as its vehicle. New guidance from the Department…
A major expansion of the Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) designed to bring vital health checks closer to people’s homes is now underway across England, backed by a government investment of…
A nurse who was suspended after addressing a transgender patient with male pronouns has reached a confidential settlement with her NHS Trust just days before her case was due to…
England’s school dinners are set for their biggest shake-up in over a decade, with classic but calorific staples like fish and chips and steamed sponge puddings facing the axe under…
NHS England has launched a new push to eradicate the “unacceptable, undignified” practice of treating patients in corridors, setting a goal to end the practice entirely by the end of…