Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the policy is tackling a "two-tier" system by cutting waiting times to ensure NHS patients in England have access to prompt treatment.
Natalie Gore said she was left crying in her GP's office after a doctor swore on her '40 year NHS pension' that nothing was wrong with her - before a massive cyst burst
Emma Harley's brother Terry took his own life after being discharged. His death is one of 2,000 being investigated as part of the largest public inquiry into NHS mental health services
Using spare capacity in the private sector is key to the government’s target of ensuring that 92 per cent of patients in England should wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment
More than 6 million tests and operations for NHS patients were delivered by independent healthcare providers over the past year, a rise of almost 500,000 on the year before