A man with a history of mental health issues “did not receive the assistance he needed” while at a hospital’s emergency department before his death. A coroner found acute and
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People’s experience of A&E is getting far worse, with long waits to be seen and patients not always getting help, according to a new report. Hospital regulator the Care Quality
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Ambulance bosses have apologised to families after staff were accused of covering up errors and withholding evidence from coroners when patients died. An independent review has been completed into how
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More than 43,000 people were declared dead by the time an ambulance arrived last year, according to statistics given to the Liberal Democrats. The data, revealed following Freedom of Information
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Asylum seekers in England are at risk of missing out on basic healthcare services because they have limited access to the internet, a report has warned. Asylum seekers interviewed by
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Unions have said they will pause further strike action by healthcare workers after securing a meeting with Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris over pay. Mr Heaton-Harris and the Department of
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Unions have suspended further strikes by ambulance and other NHS staff and will recommend acceptance of a new pay offer to NHS workers. The breakthrough follows days of talks with
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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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