Senior doctors have warned of an “alarming threat to patient safety” after figures showed more than a million elderly people endure long waits in A&E – and the older they
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The lives of deaf patients are being put at risk due to communication barriers in the NHS, charities have warned. Deaf people often misunderstand treatment plans and rely on family
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A man who pretended to be a paramedic has been jailed for 12 years for the rape of one woman and the sexual assault of two others who he met
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A man died after the Scottish Ambulance Service “lost sight” of him for an hour and did nothing to organise treatment after an initial call for help, an inquiry has
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Plans to tackle problem drinking in England are “no longer fit for purpose” due to a significant change in drinking habits, experts have warned. The Nuffield Trust think tank said
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There has been a “startling collapse” in public satisfaction with the NHS, according to a major public survey. Some 59% of adults say they are dissatisfied with the health service,
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Every emergency department in Wales is caring for patients in corridors, with the problem having become “endemic”, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has said. The College, which represents emergency
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Bed-bound patients were told to “soil themselves” in a busy A&E department because there were not enough staff to take them to the toilet, according to a new report. One
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The public is being misled over what an NHS physician associate (PA) does, a coroner has said after a woman died following hospital failings, including being misdiagnosed with a nose
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Health bosses have been urged to tackle bed blocking and long emergency department waits in hospitals by a coroner, who warned that there is a “risk of future deaths unless
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