Oxford is Now More or Less a Quango
14 June 2025
by Darren Gee
The Two-Stroke Engine of Brian Wilson
14 June 2025
The Darlington nurses – eight pioneering campaigners who formed their own union to defend the rights of women – have won a landmark battle for a female-only changing room in an NHS hospital.
Transgender patients could be treated in private rooms in NHS hospitals to protect their "rights and dignities", Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said, in a plan critics have branded "outrageous".
Kim Leadbetter has agreed to postpone implementing her proposed assisted dying law until 2029, after the next election, raising the possibility that the troubled legislation will be put out of its misery.
Keir Starmer dramatically announced the closure of NHS England this week. But don't expect anything to change, says the Daily Sceptic's in-house doctor. It's returning us to the NHS pre-2012, which was no better.
Keir Starmer abolished NHS England today as he launched an assault on the "flabby, unfocused and over-cautious" state. But Ministers played down the prospect of wide-scale job cuts, casting doubt on the savings.
A London hospital trust is letting trans staff pick their own toilets and changing rooms despite Health Secretary Wes Streeting vowing that biological sex would matter under a Labour government.
Amanda Pritchard has stepped down from her role as Chief Executive of NHS England amid growing discontent with the state of the health service and the "complacency" of its leadership.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting is looking at changing the law regarding compensation for people harmed by Covid vaccines amid concern it doesn't offer enough support, with just £120,000 available for those "60%" disabled.
Despite a ban on puberty blockers for children, a loophole will still allow minors to participate in clinical trials, raising concerns that vulnerable youngsters are being used as "guinea pigs" for dangerous drugs.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has criticised Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary, over his failure to back military action against Assad in 2013, saying the "hesitation" created a "vacuum" that Russia filled.
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