Free NHS prescriptions could be axed from April amid price and tax hikes
The blow for the over-60s comes amid increases in National Insurance, energy bill costs, income tax, rail fares and council tax.
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US woman who gave birth to premature baby billed over $550,000
"Health is not just when you're in the hospital... It also has to do with how you treat someone after they've been discharged from the hospital," the woman said.
Telegraph article titled ‘The NHS’s dirty little secret’ called out in blistering thread
"Nobody in the #NHS has anything to feel guilty about. You have done us proud. You have worked miracles with very limited and often dwindling resources," was the heartfelt response to the Telegraph article.
Doctor quits and gives 16 reflections on his time in the NHS… it’s an eye-opening must read
"There is a weird taboo around financial incentives in healthcare. A fiver would do it. Hey, even a parking pass.. or lunch."
Son speaks out after mum tragically dies after waiting almost an hour for an ambulance
“There will be a point where the funding will be cut so much, we won’t have a national health service,” he told The London Economic.
Watch: Tory ministers called back from glamorous Winter Ball fundraiser to vote through cap on social care
The scheme has been branded ‘Robin Hood in reverse’ by Labour.
MPs vote through social care reforms – but government majority gets slashed
The prime minister’s working majority of around 80 MPs was slashed to 26, with the former justice secretary urging ministers to "look again" at the issue.
Harry Leslie Smith’s impassioned Labour conference speech goes viral ahead of NHS bill vote
In the speech, which reduced some delegates to tears, he said: "We must never, ever let the NHS free from our grasp. Because if we do, your future will be my past."
‘Please trust me’: US doctor says NHS bill will lead to more Americanisation of the health system
"I come from a country where people have to fundraise on the internet just to stay alive. That's barbaric."