which is considered every patient’s right under the NHS Constitution. NHS England also publishes a figure for the median wait, in weeks, for cases where someone has not started to receive treatment ...

The measure is part of a raft of changes to the NHS Constitution for England, the charter of rights for patients. The proposals stress the importance of biological sex for the first time when it ...

With waiting times at near-record levels and an ageing population living longer in poorer health, Keir Starmer has his work cut out to ensure patients are seen and dealt with in a timely manner, write ...

Under the plans, private health companies will be handed £2.5 billion to carry out an extra million treatments of NHS ...

Sir James Mackey - chief executive of Newcastle Hospitals - has written about new plans for the NHS to slash waiting lists in ...

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital had the second lowest proportion of orthopaedics patients treated within the 18-week target in England during October. The NHS Constitution states that ...

external of orthopaedics patients treated within the 18-week target in England during October. The NHS Constitution states that patients who have been waiting more than 18 weeks have the right to ...