The coronavirus pandemic is still “as serious as it gets”, Scotland’s largest health board warned, as the number of hospital patients with the virus reached a new record high for
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Thousands of children are likely to have died every month because of the impact of coronavirus on health systems in poorer countries, a Scottish charity has found. In low- and
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A judge has ruled that a woman who suffered a brain haemorrhage is dead after doctors and relatives became embroiled in a treatment dispute. Doctors said the woman, who is
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A trial scheme by paramedics to provide blood testing at home for frail and elderly patients has resulted in more than half of the patients not needing to go to
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The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) has “overseen years of decline” in the performance of NHS cancer and waiting times targets, MPs have said. The cross-party Public Accounts
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Intentional self-poisoning or self-harm resulted in children being admitted to hospital 400 times per week last year, figures show. Mental health charity YoungMinds said the figures were “deeply concerning” and
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A minute’s silence is to be held to pay respect to the sacrifices made by health and social care workers on the second anniversary of coronavirus being declared a global
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Staff absences at NHS hospitals in England due to sickness or self-isolation have risen for the first time since the start of the year, new figures show. Three regions have
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People will be encouraged to “foster” adults in need and be able to order blood tests “as easily as ordering a burger” under new health reforms set out by the
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Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said the NHS must stop using energy supplied by the Russian-owned firm Gazprom. A senior government source told the PA news agency that Mr Javid
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