Denis Campbell

Boris Johnson's 2019 pledge to build 40 new NHS hospitals by 2030 across England “appears to be unachievable”, government advisers have told Labour ministers.

Work will not begin until 2039 on some of the “40 new hospitals” Boris Johnson promised to build by 2030, after a Labour rethink on a pledge it called “a work of fiction” by the Conservatives.

Health secretary says Tories had ‘no credible plan or funding’ for hospitals they promised to build by 2030

Health secretary to set out revised plans in Commons after warning from the Infrastructure and Projects Authority

A million smokers a year in England try to quit by employing methods with little chance of success, according to new research.

A quarter of people in England experienced poor NHS care over the last year but fewer than one in 10 of them complained about it, a report by the patient watchdog has revealed.

Public accounts committee finds DHSC and NHS England leaders appear short of the energy and urgency needed

Health committee criticises Amanda Pritchard’s evidence after scathing report from another Commons committee

The head of the NHS is under fresh fire after a second influential group of MPs in barely 12 hours accused her of lacking the “drive and dynamism” to radically reform the service.

NHS England is scrapping plans to diagnose more cancers early, boost women's health and ramp up childhood vaccinations after ministers told it to prioritise cutting waiting times.