A serial killer met his third victim while on unescorted leave from a secure mental hospital where he had been locked up for strangling his last girlfriend, a court heard.
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A Scottish health board is redeploying office staff and postponing non-urgent procedures amid soaring demand for accident-and-emergency (A&E) services across the country. NHS Lanarkshire said its three hospital sites at
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Having a health service without a workforce plan is “dangerous”, a union in Northern Ireland said. Antrim Area Hospital invited well-trained St John Ambulance volunteers to help keep patients company
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Tens of thousands of patients are expected to be affected after hospitals in England were told to delay pre-planned operations and routine outpatient appointments until the end of the month
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Jeremy Hunt has attempted to play down Labour estimates which suggest the NHS has more than 100,000 vacant posts. The Health Secretary claimed a desire for more nurses and reforms
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The NHS needs radical action to improve working conditions, boost training and retention and become a ‘model employer’ for staff, a report on the future of the health and care
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A new free app which shows how busy local NHS services are will help people to spend less time waiting for treatment. The app, NHSquicker, allows people in Devon and
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More than 1,400 people with dementia who are well enough to go home will be stranded in hospital on Christmas Day, the Alzheimer’s Society said. Charity bosses blamed a lack
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A fundamental review of the NHS is needed to address a financial crisis, Lord Kerslake said, after quitting as the boss of a major hospital trust in protest at funding
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A children’s unit at a busy hospital will close for a day because of staff shortages. Bosses at NHS Lothian announced the children’s short stay assessment unit at St John’s
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