The NHS may lack enough key staff to make a seven-day service work properly, leaked Health Department documents reportedly reveal. The assessments, obtained by The Guardian and Channel 4 News,
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The risks of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may have been underestimated, experts have said. Taking the treatment to combat the effects of the menopause could mean that women are 2.7
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Hospital visits for heart disease and stroke patients are increasing, according to new figures. There were 1.69 million hospital visits, including ordinary admissions and day cases, for cardiovascular disease (CVD)
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A hospital trust in a city that prides itself on equality operates a culture of “bullying and discrimination”, inspectors have said. NHS Improvement confirmed that Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals
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The Scottish Government is being urged to stop proposed closures to maternity units and other hospital services in the west of Scotland. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) plans a
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Children’s healthcare is being “increasingly compromised” as a result of staffing shortages across the UK’s paediatric units, leading doctors have warned. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)
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Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University (ABMU) Health Board has issued a warning to job applicants from overseas. The Health Board say a ‘recruitment scam’ is targeting healthcare workers with false job
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Patient safety could be at risk because doctors, nurses and dentists from the EU are not facing stringent enough language tests, leading medics have said. In just one year, 29
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Labour leadership candidate Owen Smith has accused the Tories of having a “secret plan to privatise the NHS” ahead of a major speech on the health service. It will be
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Thousands of pounds is to be injected into a successful violence reduction project to make its services available in Edinburgh. The Navigator project, which already operates at Glasgow Royal Infirmary,
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