The Latest Breaking News from NHS England

Claire Murdoch, NHS England’s national mental health lead, told MPs it will take at least two years for new guidance to be consistently implemented.

NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard told MPs there is a direct link between mental health staff shortages and the funding available.

Patients, doctors and families highlight issues with record-keeping and sharing, a lack of continuity of care, and the breakdown of vital relationships between clinicians and patients. Peter Blackburn and Ben Ireland investigate

Figures show ‘colossal impact of industrial action on planned care in NHS’, says medical chief for England

Health secretary Steve Barclay says pay demands ‘unrealistic’ and attacks union’s ‘militant stance’

NHS England has published data for the first time on the number of A&E patients waiting over 12 hours to be admitted, transferred or discharged

NHS data for February shows 125,505 people spent at least 12 hours waiting to be admitted, transferred or discharged

For the first time, NHS England has published data that measures waits of more than 12 hours from the point of arrival at A&E as overall waiting lists have climbed to a new record high

The total waiting list for treatment in England has also hit a new record high.

The number of people waiting more than a year and a half to start treatment has dropped by 35%.

NHS publishes A&E data for first time after The Independent exposed hidden figures