The Latest Breaking News from NHS

This is no single bloc marching under one ideology, or even a mass of ‘red-wall’ voters. What unites them is a desire for something different, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Colchicine is a first-line treatment for gout on the NHS

Other lives: Co-founder of the College of Health, a national charity set up to give patients easier access to medical information and guidance on hospital waiting times

The health secretary claimed the British Medical Association is no longer a voice for doctors as he shrugged off Labour leadership claims and urged medics to call off the strikes

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the Government would not be held to ransom by the trade union.

The Health Secretary claimed the union was threatening the existence of the NHS

References to the Labour manifesto remain not just on its website, but also on its home page.

The Greek government has passed a law allowing private employers to extend shifts to 13 hours per day, framed in terms of “flexibility” and “growth”. It’s marketed as voluntary and fairly paid, but effectively it dismantles the standard eight-hour day, despite survey data showing workers overwhelmingly oppose it.

Health bosses are warning this winter could see the ‘most severe flu outbreak in decades’