Expectant mothers will be treated by the same midwives throughout their pregnancy in a bid to reduce miscarriages and stillbirths under plans being set out by Jeremy Hunt. The Health
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A health trust has been fined £2 million after neglect at a care unit led to the “completely avoidable” deaths of two vulnerable patients, including an epileptic teenager who drowned
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The chief locksmith at a major London hospital trust has been locked up after being found guilty of ripping off the NHS for more than half a million pounds, officials
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Many NHS trusts in England are failing to log, track or disclose information on conflicts of interest among staff, it has been claimed. While healthcare professionals are obliged to divulge
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Scientists believe a new antibiotic which is capable of killing superbugs and has been successfully used to treat an infection could lead to the first new class of antibiotic drug
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More must be done to stop dying people having unnecessary emergency admissions to hospital, a charity has said. Marie Curie said emergency admissions for people in their last year of
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Nurses and midwives could avoid public hearings into misconduct and escape sanction if they admit errors under controversial new plans by the industry watchdog. The proposals by the Nursing and
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Over a million hospital porters, 999 call handlers, healthcare assistants, nurses, midwives and other NHS staff across England are being offered pay rises of between 6.5 and 29% over the
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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is to investigate the “totally unacceptable” claim that nurses’ wages were downgraded to pay off PFI bills. Whipps Cross Hospital in east London is said to
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All patients in England will soon be able to be referred to hospitals with the shortest waiting lists under plans unveiled alongside a new contract for GPs. The e-Referral Service
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