More than 100,000 patients have been referred to pharmacists through a scheme intended to ease the pressure on surgeries and hospitals. Some 114,275 patients with minor illnesses or urgent medication
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Increasing numbers of patients are waiting more than four hours to be seen at A&E departments, which also saw a record number of attendances and ambulance callouts in December. Data
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A plan to treat and discharge patients from hospital on the same day has been “grossly derailed”, senior medics have warned. Under the NHS Long Term Plan, every hospital with
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Paramedics racing to reach a choking toddler at Butlin’s have told an inquest they were forced to abandon their ambulance and dash ahead on foot after finding the road blocked
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Patient waits in A&E continue to get worse and more people than ever are on the waiting list for NHS treatment, new figures have shown. Data from NHS England shows
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Attendances of homeless patients at A&E have at least tripled in eight years, with hundreds stuck in hospitals for long periods of time, figures show. There were at least 36,000
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Nurses in Northern Ireland are staging another 48-hour period of industrial action. They are engaging in work-to-rule action, refusing to take on overtime or working unpaid hours. Health workers from
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Boris Johnson took a reporter’s phone and put it in his pocket after refusing to look at a photo of a child who had to sleep on a hospital floor.
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There has been a 72% rise in hospital admissions over the past five years for children with severe allergic reactions, figures show. The data – obtained by a foundation set
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The NHS is experiencing its worst ever performance in A&E, and thousands of people face rising waits for operations and cancer treatment, according to the last set of monthly health
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