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The health secretary's plans to cut 5,500 management jobs to fund community services if the Conservatives win the general election have been criticised as "not credible" by Labour and "paper thin" by MiP.

ELECTION 2024:We look at four looming trouble spots you won't hear much about in the campaign.

Joining the Scottish health department weeks before the pandemic struck, Caroline Lamb found herself head of NHS Scotland within a year. She talks about the “intense and scary” experience of managing through the Covid crisis, her plans to integrate services and tackle staff shortages and why Scotland needs more money for health and care.

The last party conference season before the general election showed that UK politicians still have to get their heads round what the NHS needs and what it can be expected to deliver.

The NHS is still struggling to recover from the pandemic, but studies show productivity was falling even before the Covid shock. We asked the experts: what’s driving this, does it matter and why are managers vital to turning productivity around?

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan still works regular shifts at her local hospital alongside her day job as Labour MP for Tooting. Now shadow mental health minister, she tells Matt Ross about Labour’s still-sketchy plans for the NHS, the impact of frontline staff shortages and why she backs striking nurses.

The Government have announced a £1,400 pay award for NHS staff on Agenda for Change. While the award varies considerably in percentage terms, it means yet another real terms pay cut for MiP members and most other NHS staff.

MiP gives a cautious welcome to today's funding announcement but warns that more comprehensive reform is needed to fix the crisis in social care.

Our members survey sent a clear message that the emergency effort can't be sustained forever. We need more staff and that means real investment in NHS pay this year.

MiP welcomes the principles behind the NHS white paper but warns that it could be a dangerous distraction from fighting the pandemic.

MiP has welcomed new government plans to speed up the devolution of health and care, and put England’s embryonic integrated care systems on a firm statutory footing.

MiP has welcomed new government plans to speed up the devolution of health and care, and put England’s embryonic integrated care systems on a firm statutory footing.

Caroline Clarke, chief exec of the Royal Free NHS trust – which has been at the forefront of the battle against infectious disease for nearly 200 years – tells Matt Ross how staff across the trust and the capital have mobilised to tackle coronavirus, and considers the thorny challenges ahead

Courageous, system-wide change is the only way to stem increasing demand for medical care and meet the needs of today’s population.

A panel of health and care leaders have pinpointed the biggest Brexit risks - and condemned the government's inaction

The government's 70th birthday funding settlement brings some welcome relief for struggling NHS services, but leaves many tough questions unresolved.

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The NHS can find the money it needs by investing in leadership and technology – and trusting staff to root out waste.

The Chancellor's £2.8bn boost for the NHS is nowhere near enough to keep services running and meet the government's own policy priorities, MiP and other experts have warned. Craig Ryan reports.