The practice of sending mental health patients far away from friends and family to receive care has become endemic in the NHS, leading doctors warned as new figures show a
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More than 17,000 care homes, hospices and private hospitals have been told to check their fire safety procedures in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire. The Care Quality Commission
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Patients are being “belittled and bewildered” as access to NHS care is worsening, leading doctors have warned. The British Medical Association (BMA) said the Government wants a world-class NHS but
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Five London hospitals have received patients affected by the blaze that engulfed a tower block in west London. NHS England said no details were available at present on the condition
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Scotland’s new Health and Social Care Standards have been launched, with human rights at their core. The standards, which will be implemented on 1 April 2018, will apply to the
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Thousands of operations have been cancelled because hospital beds are not available, the Liberal Democrats have said. New figures released by the party show that across 40 NHS organisations in
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A new ‘sensory’ garden to benefit dementia patients at Deeside hospital is now open. The garden underwent a dramatic transformation in three days in a ‘Groundforce’ style makeover project.
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The number of patients kept in hospital after being told they were well enough to leave has increased, according to new figures. Official statistics from a census carried out in
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Patient safety should not be compromised in order to meet financial targets, the British Medical Association (BMA) has warned. The report comes as new figures suggest the NHS is now
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An extra £9 million of funding has been announced for hospital accident-and-emergency departments in a bid to help them meet waiting-times targets. Health Secretary Shona Robison pledged additional funding for
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