Accident and Emergency waiting times have hit their worst level on record once again, with just 71.3% of patients seen within the four-hour target. The latest weekly statistics reveal that
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Using FaceTime video calls to connect senior doctors with paramedics at the scene of emergencies has led to stroke patients getting quicker access to life-saving treatment. A new “video triage”
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More patients are being forced to seek donations or take out loans to pay for operations due to the Conservative-made NHS crisis, according to the shadow health secretary. Jon Ashworth
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The worst ever performance figures have been recorded by hospital accident and emergency departments in Wales, according to new data. The Welsh Ambulance Service, which is seeking help from the
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A majority of the issues in Scotland’s hospitals and the knock-on effect to the ambulance service are not due to Covid, a top surgeon has said. Professor Michael Griffin (pictured),
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The Government has pledged to tackle the elective care backlog with the “biggest catch-up programme” in the history of the NHS. A record 5.6 million people were waiting to start
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Almost 300 new ambulance staff are to be recruited as part of efforts to remobilise the NHS and ensure the service is “ready for the challenges ahead”, Health Secretary Humza
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More needs to be done to help struggling ambulance services which have been forced to call in military support, a union has said. Unison said that “something is wrong” when
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The number of children attending hospital having self-harmed has risen to its highest level since the SNP came to power, new figures show. A total of 1,400 children went to
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A man has been arrested after ambulance crews were assaulted while they were working in Ayr. Paramedics were subjected to abusive behaviour shortly before 11pm on Tuesday night at an
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