A nurse who drugged patients on a hospital stroke unit for an “easy life” and to “exercise contemptuous power” has been jailed for seven years and two months. Catherine Hudson
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People who live in poorer neighbourhoods in England have a significantly higher risk of dying from cancer compared to those in wealthier areas, a new study shows. Researchers suggested that
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Hospitals in England have spent more than £3 billion on agency nurses in the last few years, according to new data. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) gathered figures under
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Councils across England will receive a £40 million cash boost to provide social care and free up hospital beds this winter, the Government has announced. The fund will help 54
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Matt Hancock was warned in April 2020 about the need for a “focused effort” on testing people in care homes, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has been told. The former health
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The next stage of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry will examine abuse suffered by disabled children and young people being treated within the NHS. Hearings for phase nine of the
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Norovirus levels in England are “much higher” than last year, with hundreds of patients in hospital with symptoms, figures show. It comes amid evidence that winter pressures on the NHS
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Health and care leaders have expressed their “frustration” that they cannot spend last-minute winter cash injections for discharging hospital patients on preventing people being admitted in the first place. In
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A person posing as a nurse entered a hospital ward, helped staff with a patient and then made off with personal information from 14 patients, a watchdog has found. Police
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A&E waiting times in Scotland have continued to stagnate as less than two thirds of people were seen within four hours, new figures show. Statistics released by Public Health Scotland
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