Nurse stabbing: 37-year-old man charged with attempted murder
A 37-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a nurse was stabbed at the Royal Oldham Hospital. Rumon Haque from Royton in Oldham, who is also accused of
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Incidents of violence against ambulance staff ‘increasing’, leaders warn
UK ambulance services are on course to report the highest ever rate of violent, aggressive and abusive incidents against their staff, leaders from the sector have warned. At least 55
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Swinney vows to bring down number of Scots on NHS waiting lists
John Swinney has vowed to fix problems faced by Scotland’s NHS, such as delayed discharge, saying he hopes to reduce the number of Scots on waiting lists by the end
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Starmer sets out plans to cut hospital backlog with millions more appointments
Patients will be able to book more tests and scans after work and at weekends as part of plans to free up millions of medical appointments and slash waiting lists
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NHS ordered to focus on patient safety as hospitals deal with record demand
NHS leaders have been ordered to “prioritise patient safety” ahead of a key A&E target as hospital beds in England near full capacity. Hospital bosses have been told to focus
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Elderly man not given ‘time-critical’ medicine during three-day stint in A&E
Concerns have been raised over patients facing long waits in emergency departments not being given time-sensitive medication after a man was left unable to swallow due to missed medicines. An
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Nine hospital trusts responsible for half of patients waiting the longest
More than half of people waiting the longest for pre-planned hospital treatment in England are under the care of just nine hospital trusts, according to figures. As of the end
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NHS Grampian ‘not accepting ambulance patients due to board critical incident’
One of the largest health boards in Scotland will no longer accept ambulance patients in its region. NHS Grampian, which is responsible for around half a million people in north-east
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Family welcomes start of new investigation into death of boy sent home from A&E
A fresh investigation into the case of a five-year-old boy who died a week after he was sent home from a hospital emergency department has been welcomed by his family
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Emergency doctors sound the alarm over patient care as winter approaches
Leading emergency doctors have raised concerns about the safety of patients in A&E departments as winter approaches. A new snapshot survey from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) found
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