The NHS offered to deliver a single 50p pill via taxi service in what critics have called an “absurd inefficiency”, after the country’s former deputy chief medical officer found himself…
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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
The Supreme Court has dismantled a decade-old system of human rights protections for disabled people, in a ruling that disability charities have described as the biggest rollback of disability rights…
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Bran flakes could be labelled junk food under new Labour proposals that would overhaul how the government decides which products are healthy, with ministers planning to count naturally occurring sugars…
Thousands of extra deaths and billions of pounds are being wasted because of NHS weekend slowdowns, emergency doctors are warning the new Health Secretary, James Murray, as ministers prepare long-term…
The healthcare campaigner and Guardian senior editor Merope Mills has been appointed a CBE in the King’s birthday honours list for services to patient safety, the highest recognition of a…
Resident doctors in England are set to walk out for four days from Monday morning despite the government’s insistence that it has been holding talks with the British Medical Association…
Families are being hit by dementia care bills approaching £100,000 a year, leaving many shocked by the true cost of looking after a loved one. The total economic impact of…
St Helier Hospital’s main building, constructed in 1940, is older than the National Health Service itself – a fact that has become a pressing concern for patient safety, according to…
A rogue GP practice in Brighton prescribed puberty blockers to children as young as 11, an NHS investigation has found, exposing a pattern of care that fell “far short of…