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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Paramedics are to be fitted with body cameras in a bid to prevent thousands of attacks on frontline staff each year, officials have announced. Even as NHS workers risked their
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An ambulance service has paid tribute to a “well loved and respected” technician who died after an object pierced his vehicle’s windscreen. Jeremy Daw, known to friends as Jack (pictured),
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An ambulance technician who died after an object pierced his vehicle’s windscreen had returned to the front line after retiring in 2020, his colleague said. Jeremy Daw (pictured), known to
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An anti-knife crime charity has sounded a warning over the easing of lockdown restrictions after figures showed stab victims accounted for more than 4,000 admissions to hospitals in England and
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Mental health triage cars will be launched next month to offer better support response to people in distress after successful pilots in Glasgow and Inverness. The new initiative is a
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Queues of ambulances formed outside several hospitals in Northern Ireland as pressure continued to mount on the region’s over-capacity health service. The scenes unfolded as First Minister Arlene Foster participated
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The number of women and girls being treated in English hospitals after suffering physical, mental or sexual abuse has increased by almost a third in five years, analysis of NHS
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People with non-life-threatening conditions are to be asked to make an appointment ahead of attending Wales’s biggest accident and emergency unit. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is introducing a
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