There is a possibility the NHS could be overwhelmed next month, a leading scientist has said, though uncertainties remain over the impact of Omicron. Professor Graham Medley (pictured), from the
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Long queues have continued to form at vaccine centres across Northern Ireland amid huge demand for booster doses. Healthcare staff are volunteering to come in to work on days off
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The NHS will have to postpone some planned appointments in order to meet the target of giving every adult in England a Covid-19 booster jab by the end of the
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Hospital bosses have apologised after medics removed a feeding tube from a sick elderly woman without telling her relatives or seeking a judge’s approval. A lawyer representing the London North
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Ex-Test and Trace chief Baroness Harding has accused the Government of not being straight about the scale of the workforce crisis facing the NHS. The Conservative peer (pictured), who stepped
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Vacancies for nurses and midwives in Scotland have increased by almost 20% in just three months, new figures show. Official figures revealed that at the end of September the whole
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A health board has ordered a review after a woman’s body was left in a mortuary for six weeks, meaning a post-mortem examination could not determine the cause of death.
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The parents of a vulnerable young woman who died after being refused admission to hospital have won a fresh inquest into her death as a result of NHS staff withholding
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A healthcare professional has been charged with sexually assaulting seven women at a hospital. Lancashire Police said Hernando Puno, 51, was charged with nine counts of sexual assault relating to
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A mother-of-two with a rare form of cancer has taken health bosses to court over their decision not to pay for her to have potentially life-saving surgery. Maria Wallpott, 50,
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