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A software provider is facing a potential £6m fine following a 2022 ransomware attack that disrupted NHS and social care services across England. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has provisionally concluded that Advanced…

Unison, the UK's largest union, is urging the next government to enshrine the right to a four-day working week for all workers, after a vote of support from its members.Representing public service workers, including NHS staff and…

In June last year, a Russian cybercrime gang called BlackCat Hacked Barts Health NHS Trust, part of the UK's National Health Service which runs several hospitals in London, and I posted some of it online In an attempt to blackmail…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Silicon Valley-based Zipline is to deliver medical supplies by drone for the UK’s NHS in a pioneering move that is…

The U.K.’s National Health Service will start working with Palantir, the tech company co-founded by PayPal’s Peter Thiel, on a data overhaul following a deal worth up to £330 million (about $413 million).  While that could mean a massive…

“Couple of home visits, then we can pop home for lunch.” The general practitioner tutoring me gathered up his black bag and stethoscope, and off we set, driving to see a patient who lived in a high-rise block of flats and was unable to…

Receive free NHS updatesWe will send you a file myFT Daily Digest Rounding email to the latest National Health ServiceNews every morning. The NHS's performance is "average at best" compared to peers abroad, similar to its…

An independent spending watchdog has concluded that England's NHS will struggle to meet its targets to improve strained emergency services by next year, on the back of declining patient consent.The state of the NHS will be a major…

Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer will outline plans on Monday to get the NHS back "on its feet" if his party wins the next general election, by pledging to cut waiting times and reduce deaths from cancer, heart disease and suicide.In a…

The UK government will implement a pay deal for NHS England workers in the face of continued opposition from the main nursing union after it was accepted by a majority of staff representatives.Several NHS unions voted on Tuesday to…