Physiotherapists are to stage two strikes in the coming weeks in a dispute over pay and staffing. NHS physiotherapy staff across England will strike on January 26 and February 9,
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A veteran paramedic has called for a UK-wide independent inquiry to be launched into ambulances services and the number of patient deaths being caused by extreme waiting times. Rob Harrington,
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“Tacked-on” funding to buy extra care beds in the community and speed up the discharge of hospital patients will not address the long-term root problems plaguing the health and social
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A “most accomplished fraudster” was paid more than £1 million by the NHS after forging a degree certificate and pretending to be a qualified doctor, a court has heard. Zholia
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Almost 1,500 ambulance workers across Wales are to go on strike for the second time in less than a month, with unions invited to discuss a one-off cash payment to
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Health and social care workers in Northern Ireland are to join a 24-hour strike planned for later this month in a bid for better pay. Trade union Unite said that
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Rishi Sunak’s administration stood accused by a Labour MP of being the “most authoritarian Government in Britain in living memory” as the business secretary set out new laws requiring minimum
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Scotland’s hospitals are “almost completely full”, the First Minister has warned as she outlined measures to ease NHS pressures. In a news briefing alongside Health Secretary Humza Yousaf and the
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The millions spent by the Government on buying extra care home beds will not address the long-term root cause of the issues, a senior social care figure has said. Ministers
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A disabled woman who “hates” being in a care facility and wants to go home has won a fight in a specialist court. The woman is diabetic and has mental
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