Mentally ill children are being forced to travel hundreds of miles for NHS treatment, with one child sent 339 miles from their home, an investigation has found. Data for England
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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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Music may offer an alternative to drugs for calming down patients, researchers say. The drug midazolam is sometimes prescribed as a sedative for NHS patients undergoing a range of procedures.
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The Health Secretary is being called on to intervene after senior doctors raised concerns about a hospital trust’s handling of bullying complaints. Medical trade union the Hospital Consultants and Specialists
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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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The Government should prioritise tackling the “escalating risk to public health” posed by alcohol, according to a group of healthcare organisations. While plans have recently been formulated for dealing with
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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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A hospital has apologised for its failures after a four-year-old girl died from sepsis. Kessie Thomas was rushed into Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford, Kent, on April 9 2017 with
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“Lost or destroyed” hospital records of a patient believed to have been infected with hepatitis C during an operation prevented him from receiving compensation, an inquiry has heard. A groin
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A Christian doctor who refused to call transgender women “she” was sacked after saying he would not refer to “any 6ft tall bearded man” as “madam”, a tribunal has heard.
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