The parents of twins born weighing the same amount as half-a-bag of sugar have been reunited with the helicopter crew and medical staff who saved their lives. Jennie Powell, 41,
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A new NHS initiative will aim to ensure faster diagnosis for people with brain and nerve conditions and reduce hundreds of emergency admissions a year. The NHS and seven charities
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More than eight in 10 people believe patients are calling ambulances and using A&E services unnecessarily, a survey suggests. Some 86% of people think A&E services and 999 ambulances are
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More than four in 10 emergency hospital admissions from care homes could be avoided, experts have said. NHS researchers found that 41% of emergency admissions were for potentially avoidable conditions
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Some hospitals are “gaming the system” to make their A&E waiting times data look better than it is, medics have claimed. Senior staff said patients are being sent to same
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This is the fourth regional report from the Northern Ireland Self-Harm Registry. The most recent report covered the period 2012-2015 and this report builds on previous work and includes annual
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A new law to crack down on attacks on police and emergency services staff did not go far enough as a deterrent, according to an MP who campaigned for the
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There has been a huge rise in the number of NHS patients enduring trolley waits during the summer months, new data shows. Trolley waits refer to the time A&E patients
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Police have named the student paramedic killed following a collision between an ambulance and a car. Tammy Minshall, 31, died after being airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham following
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A student paramedic has died following a collision between an ambulance and a car. The 31-year-old woman was airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham but died from her injuries
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