The NHS will create thousands more beds and recruit more emergency call handlers as part of plans to boost capacity ahead of what is expected to be a busy winter.
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Thousands of health workers in Scotland have voted in favour of industrial action in protest against what they describe as a “real terms pay cut”. NHS staff from four of
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Rishi Sunak has warned his rival’s cost-of-living plans could put vulnerable people at risk of “real destitution”, as economic policy once again drove a wedge between the Tory leadership hopefuls.
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Children will face longer waits for help with autism or speech problems due to NHS staff shortages outside of hospitals, health leaders have warned. The NHS Confederation and NHS Providers
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Police have started a programme of community outreach to speak with victims of historical institutions for women. Thousands of women and girls in Northern Ireland spent time in mother and
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Up to 500,000 naval personnel, veterans and their dependants could be entitled to help with the cost of living crisis from a charity founded 100 years ago. The Royal Naval
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Pharmacists have sounded the alarm over medicine shortages, with half believing patients have been put at risk, according to a survey. A poll of 1,562 UK pharmacists for the Pharmaceutical
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Accident and emergency departments in England had one of their worst months ever in July, with record numbers of patients waiting more than 12 hours to be admitted and the
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A former foster child has spoken of his ordeal at the hands of carers as he told an inquiry he was beaten with a belt until he bled. Christopher Scott
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Almost a million children aged one to nine across London are to be offered a polio vaccine to try to prevent the spread of the virus. Health officials warned there
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