Staff at an ambulance trust frequently responded to emergencies without enough medicine, inspectors have found. A damning report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said patients were facing treatment delays
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Around 1,500 more patients of convicted breast surgeon Ian Paterson will be recalled so their treatment can be investigated. Spire Healthcare, which runs private hospitals, said the patients were being
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A new report has found a “wide variation” in the healthcare provided to people in police custody – with concerns raised that this could be leading to officers making decisions
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Staff will be compelled to give evidence to an inquiry examining around 2,000 mental health patient deaths if there is not a “quantum leap” in co-operation, according to the Government.
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The Department of Health and Social Care has missed the deadline for submitting evidence on next year’s pay award for more than a million NHS staff, MPs have been told.
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People with drinking problems could be “slipping through the net” due to health workers not recording their drinking habits properly, a national health body has warned. The National Institute for
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The Princess of Wales has launched her “life’s work”, an ambitious campaign aimed at raising the profile of the early years development of children. Kate wants the project called Shaping
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Dame Esther Rantzen has thanked well-wishers for lifting her spirits after she revealed her lung cancer diagnosis, saying: “I never dreamt I would receive such extraordinarily kind messages”. The 82-year-old
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Gareth Thomas has settled a legal case with an ex-partner who accused the former Wales captain of “deceptively” transmitting HIV to him. Ian Baum sued Mr Thomas in the High
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Rishi Sunak has insisted he would “love” to give striking nurses large pay rises, but argued he cannot because he does not want to stoke a “vicious cycle” of inflation
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