An “extremely kind, thoughtful and talented” former teacher who suffered from a severe eating disorder took her own life while awaiting clinical decisions regarding her psychiatric care, an inquest has
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Babies and mothers died amid major failings at a hospital trust in what is likely to be the NHS’s worst ever maternity scandal. A leaked report shows that a “toxic”
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At least 30,000 NHS workers are employed on zero hours contracts after a huge increase in recent years, a study suggests. The GMB said the true number is likely to
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With the possibility of a long-term funding settlement for social care, there is an urgent need for a bold reform agenda. For two decades, politicians have promised a long-term funding
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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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Seeing the same doctor and having a dedicated care plan has a significant beneficial impact on people with a severe mental illness, a major study has found. The study tracked
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The Institute of Public Care (IPC) at Oxford Brookes University has been engaged on behalf of the regional partnership, North Wales Together, to evaluate their work on transformation of services
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A care home for older people in must make urgent improvements in the care experienced by vulnerable residents, inspectors have said. The Care Inspectorate has served a formal Improvement Notice
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A man has been arrested over allegations of ill-treatment of patients at Muckamore Abbey Hospital. Detectives from the PSNI’s Public Protection Branch arrested the man, 33, on Monday in the
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More than a million patients could face long waits in A&E as the NHS experiences its “worst-ever” winter, the British Medical Association (BMA) has warned. A worst-case scenario based on
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