Some 23,000 “excess patient deaths” may have occurred due to long A&E wait last year, a medical college has claimed. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) said that in
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Physiotherapists across the country have walked out after their union accused the Government of being “intransigent” over pay negotiations. Action took place across 33 hospital trusts on Thursday as a
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Scotland’s health secretary has said the recovery of the NHS after its toughest winter ever could take years. Speaking to STV’s Scotland Tonight, Humza Yousaf said he still believed he
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Planned strikes next week by nurses, ambulance workers and other health staff in Wales have been called off after a new pay offer from the Welsh government. The GMB was
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Staff at an ambulance trust frequently responded to emergencies without enough medicine, inspectors have found. A damning report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said patients were facing treatment delays
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Rishi Sunak has insisted he would “love” to give striking nurses large pay rises, but argued he cannot because he does not want to stoke a “vicious cycle” of inflation
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The Welsh Ambulance Service Trust (WAST) has been told it could be facing £15 million worth of cuts next year after receiving its draft budget. Ambulance workers in Wales have
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Thousands of health workers in Northern Ireland are to take to the picket lines in a row over pay and conditions. Paramedics will be among the workers taking part in
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A veteran paramedic has called for a UK-wide independent inquiry to be launched into ambulances services and the number of patient deaths being caused by extreme waiting times. Rob Harrington,
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Almost 1,500 ambulance workers across Wales are to go on strike for the second time in less than a month, with unions invited to discuss a one-off cash payment to
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