Shaun Wooller

New polling by trade body Community Pharmacy England found 96 per cent of pharmacy owners are 'concerned' or 'very concerned' about the ability of their business to cope with winter pressures

A new poll from trade body Community Pharmacy England shows that 96 per cent of pharmacy owners are ‘concerned' or ‘very concerned' about their businesses' ability to cope with winter pressures.

Hospices are being handed back money taken from them by Labour's national insurance raid repackaged as bumper new funding, it is claimed.

Health bosses said flavours such as mince pie, candy cane, Christmas pudding and gingerbread are 'likely to be appealing to younger age groups'.

New figures from NHS Digital show trusts pocketed £70,510,110 in 2023/24 by charging the likes of doctors, nurses and porters to park their vehicles.

By SHAUN WOOLLER HEALTH EDITOR Published: | Updated: The NHS raked in £70million in charges from staff last year as seven in ten of the lowest paid workers were forced to pay to park their car.

New figures from NHS Digital Show Trusts pocketed £70,510,110 in 2023/2024 by charging doctors, nurses and porters to park their cars.

Surgeries who identify patients with high blood pressure and prevent the 'most common killers', such as heart disease and strokes, will also cash-in under the terms of a new contract.

Professor Sir Stephen Powis, national medical director at NHS England, said hospitals are under immense pressure and dealing with complications is the 'last thing they need'.

The health service is gripped in a public confidence crisis, with just one in four adults now believing they could get timely access to an ambulance or GP.