Hunt intervenes in gender-abortion case

The attorney general has been asked to explain why two doctors who allegedly offered to perform abortions for couples who did not want a baby girl are not being taken to court.

Jeremy Hunt accused of politicising hospital deaths

Jeremy Hunt was accused of misleading the public about hospital deaths in a bid to ruin Labour’s reputation on the NHS today.

Bordering on the absurd: GPs to become immigration officers in health tourism clampdown

Ministers face renewed claims that GP surgeries are being turned into border posts today, as the coalition unveils details of its plans to charge overseas visitors £200 to use the NHS.

Hunted: Doctors pass no confidence motion in health secretary

Doctors have overwhelmingly supported a motion of no confidence in the health secretary, in a move which is likely to further distance NHS workers from the government.

Who’ll blink first? Surgeons take on Hunt over outcomes data

Surgeons are continuing their standoff with Jeremy Hunt over data outcomes, despite the health secretary’s threat that those not providing the information could be “named and shamed”.

NHS staff boost ‘won’t fix A&E crisis’

Labour has said that the NHS’ accident and emergency (A&E) crisis will not be solved quickly enough by the coalition’s staff training announcements, which were mandated by the Department of Health to Health Education England.

Furious GPs lock stethoscopes with critical Hunt

GPs’ leaders are engaging in a bitter exchange of insults with health secretary Jeremy Hunt today, as relations between the government and health professionals reaches a new low.

Six days to go: Campaigners apply pressure ahead of NHS ‘privatisation’ vote

Campaigners are turning the screws on Jeremy Hunt ahead of a Lords vote which some say would privatise the NHS.

Hunt continues NHS offensive with ‘coasting’ attack on hospitals

Jeremy Hunt has launched into another attack on the struggling NHS, telling mediocre hospitals: “Coasting can kill.”

Confidence building? Hunt says NHS ‘dotted’ with failures

Shocking levels of care seen at Stafford hospital still exist in pockets “dotted” across the NHS, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.