Police would have interviewed a doctor accused of the “horrific” abuse of 114 children had he been alive today, a report has found. Child patients sent to Aston Hall Hospital
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A decision to suspend rather than strike off a doctor found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter over the death of a six-year-old boy was “humane and balanced”, the Court of
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The NHS estate in England is in a “dire” state, Labour has said after uncovering the number of potholes across the health service. The party said that since 2010 there
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Hospitals have “forgotten the basic lessons of patient care”, researchers have suggested, with children struggling to sleep on noisy wards. Noise levels at night for young patients exceeded the maximum
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A health watchdog has raised concerns over how some diagnostic services are run after finding that tens of thousands of patients were caught up in backlogs. Backlogs in radiology services
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A seriously ill two-month-old baby who doctors say feels pain when held should be allowed to die, a High Court judge has decided. Specialists told Mr Justice Williams that the
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Nearly 1,700 medical requests for hip or knee surgery were turned down last year – a sharp rise from the previous year, a report suggests. In 2017/18, 1,675 requests by
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Care for patients who are dying is not being prioritised by local health bodies, research suggests. End-of-life care, also known as palliative care, is only prioritised in the strategies of
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Peers have backed reform of safeguards for vulnerable people detained in care homes or hospitals without the mental capacity to consent to the arrangements. But despite giving the Mental Capacity
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Leading surgeons have raised concerns over the rising number of local health bodies restricting a type of curative surgery. In a new audit of the care of patients in need
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