A hospital doctor strayed from his own ward to sexually assault two male patients, including one who had been passed fit for discharge by a consultant, a jury has heard.
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The Government has been accused of “negligence on an industrial scale” after it emerged it has spent in the region of half a billion pounds on personal protective equipment (PPE)
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Tens of thousands of health and social care staff in England remain unvaccinated ahead of a deadline next week for frontline workers to get their first jab, figures suggest. Frontline
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Three out of five nurses in Scotland are thinking about leaving their job, research has shown. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland interviewed about 1,300 of its members for
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More children could be forced to care for their sick loved ones without any support under the Government’s proposed health reforms, a leading charity has warned. The Health and Care
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Council workers are helping medical staff on the wards as a health board’s hospitals face “exceptional” demand, officials said. NHS Lanarkshire said staff from North and South Lanarkshire councils will
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The number of people waiting for hospital treatment in Wales has ballooned for the 19th consecutive month, prompting calls for the Welsh Government to act now to tackle the “colossal”
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Unvaccinated healthcare staff in England face being sacked without an exit payment, an official document shows. Frontline staff must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 with two jabs by April 1
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Tory MPs have urged ministers to U-turn on their policy of sacking frontline health and social care staff if they refuse to have Covid-19 vaccinations. Former chief whip Mark Harper
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Health Minister Robin Swann has made a new request for military assistance to help relieve Covid pressures in Northern Ireland’s hospitals. Mr Swann has made an official request to the
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