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More NHS patients who need elective care will be able to decide where they are treated in a major change to the health service’s app.

The Department for Health will look at the potential costs of implementing a controversial policy that is due to be debated by MPs later this month.

Mionco screening has potential to be a ‘gamechanger’ in five years, says health secretary, Wes Streeting

MPs will vote on Tuesday on whether to approve the government’s controversial plan to remove the winter fuel allowance from some pensioners.

Wes Streeting says victims ‘might still be alive’ if health service had recognised Valdo Calocane’s risk to others

As his first act in office, Wes Streeting says he has spoken to the British Medical Association (BMA) to re-start negotiations in a bid to end the dispute over pay and working conditions

Ex-Conservative Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson claimed that London's first Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan is controlled by Islamists as he appeared on GB News where he's a presenter

The mum and uncle of Yusuf Mahmud Nazir blasted an independent report into the death of their beloved son and nephew after they say it left out 13 pages of their evidence

Labour's Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting said he would spoil his ballot if he was a Rochdale voter after the party withdrew support for candidate Azhar Ali

A crisis in nursing recruitment could push the NHS to collapse, a union boss has warned, as new UCAS figures showed another sharp decrease in people applying for degree courses

Chief Dental Officer Jason Wong has been a major cheerleader for the Government plan but admits in private it won’t fix the national crisis accessing an NHS dentist

Labour is considering banning under-16s from buying energy drinks such as Monster and Rockstar because of worries about the impact on children’s health and education

Paddy McGuinness was praised by Question Time viewers for skewering a Conservative MP on Question Time this evening, as he fumed over the Tories' handling of the NHS crisis

Prime Minister RIshi Sunak met staff and patients at Gentle Dental in Newquay, Cornwall but he wouldn't say whether he could guarantee everyone access to an NHS dentist

Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition we have launched with the British Dental Association on the 38 Degrees website calling on the PM to save NHS dentistry

The British Dental Association (BDA) has said the Dental Recovery Plan "won't offer hope to millions struggling to access care", after 12million people were unable to book an appointment last year

The Mirror is campaigning to get dental access for all as millions are unable to get appointments to get their teeth checked - we are calling on the PM to 'save NHS dentistry'

The Conservative Party accepted £350,000 from Sandeep Singh Chadha who is the boss of a company that sells vapes with names such as Blue Razz Lemonade and Strawberry Mousse

The Tories were accused of 'pathetic attempts to hide the truth' with claim to have cut NHS waits when numbers were higher than when Rishi Sunak vowed to slash the backlog

The huge rise from £36million in 2016/17 comes as 40% of children are no longer able to access regular NHS dental check-ups due to a lack of appointments available

The Prime Minister was accused of having 'no idea of the misery NHS patients are going through' after he was challenged by a member of the public in Winchester, Hampshire, on dire NHS waiting times

The Labour leader Keir Starmer will order health bosses to prioritise children caught up in record NHS waiting lists and will 'personally monitor' progress if he wins power

Johnny Mercer claimed Fred Thomas, who is aiming to unseat him at the general election, had 'served five minutes in uniform' - when in fact he was a Royal Marine for seven years and rose to Captain

The Tories may be happy to wave goodbye to the vital public service of NHS dentistry, writes Shadow Healthy Secretary Wes Streeting, but Labour won’t let that happen.

Analysis by Labour found 54% of dental surgeries in England aren't accepting any new patients - with 82% refusing to take on adults and 71% shutting their doors to new child patients