PM: Not possible to build an NHS for the future without fixing social care
Fixing social care must be part of any plan to build an NHS for the future, the Prime Minister has said, but he declined to give further detail on the
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Nurse charged with misconduct after death of teenage mental health patient
A nurse has been charged after a 19-year-old patient died at a mental health facility. Sylvia Quaye-Mensah, 41, a nurse at Highbury Hospital in Nottingham, has been charged with misconduct
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Hospital water system filled ‘too early’ before receiving patients, inquiry told
A hospital water system was filled “too early”, increasing the opportunity for contamination, a microbiologist has told the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry. The inquiry heard that the water system at the
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Starmer defends winter fuel payment cuts amid ‘health emergency’ warning
Sir Keir Starmer has defended stopping all pensioners receiving the winter fuel payment, amid warnings it could create a “public health emergency”. The Prime Minister used a speech in Downing
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Care providers report weeks-long waits for people to be discharged from hospital
The Government has branded the NHS hospital discharge system “broken” as a survey revealed almost a fifth of care providers across the UK reported weeks-long waiting times for people to
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Poor hospital discharge affecting patients’ satisfaction with care, survey finds
Poorly co-ordinated discharge from hospital is having an effect on patients’ satisfaction with NHS care, a survey has found, with some saying they do not feel involved in decisions and
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‘Difficult to imagine a greater loss’ says judge ahead of newborn death inquiry
A judge has said “it is difficult to imagine a greater loss” ahead of a Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) into the death of a baby girl who died in hospital
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Hospital staff ‘missed and made incomplete checks’ before boy died of sepsis
Staff at a north London hospital missed and made incomplete medical checks on a four-year-old boy in the days before he died from sepsis, an inquest has heard. Daniel Klosi
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Father of ME sufferer calls for ‘radical’ reform in the treatment of the illness
The father of a young woman who died from malnutrition due to having severe chronic fatigue syndrome has called for a “radical” change in the treatment of the disease and
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NHS staff ‘missed opportunities’ to diagnose dying woman in A&E, inquest told
A woman who had a seizure after waiting hours in a crowded A&E waiting-room died of natural causes but NHS staff “missed opportunities” to diagnose a bleed on her brain,
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