The NHS in England has saved an additional 1,600 patients with severe injuries since a series of major trauma centres were established six years ago. The 27 designated major trauma
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Charities have raised £28 million for Rohingya refugees stranded in Bangladesh within the first year of the most recent exodus. In 12 months, an already-substantial refugee settlement in southern Bangladesh
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A vaccine which could be used to treat patients with Alzheimer’s disease has reached the next stage of clinical trials. ACI-24, developed by Swiss-based pharmaceutical company AC Immune, will be
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Ambulance crews have pleaded with disgruntled residents not leave rude notes on their vehicles as it “upsets” staff. East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) said they responded to a genuine emergency
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A woman is running the length of the British Isles to raise money for a hospice care charity. Faith Addison will run 1,500 miles from Shetland to Penzance in Cornwall
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The Tory head of the Commons Health and Social Care Committee has dismissed proposals for a “Care Isa” that are reportedly being considered by the Government. Sarah Wollaston said the
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The prisons minister is to launch a £10 million blitz on drugs, mobile phones and poor conditions at struggling jails. Rory Stewart announced a package of measures designed to lift
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A man has been charged with murdering a nurse who performed on Britain’s Got Talent in an NHS choir. Desmond Sylva, 40, was charged on Thursday over the death of
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A 21 year-old man has been jailed for life for the murder of a youth worker who was stabbed to death after an armed gang deliberately crashed into his car.
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Nursing has been left in “managed decline” due to decisions over funding, it has been warned, as figures show a further drop in student numbers. The number of nursing students
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