The NHS “does not have the nurses it needs”, according to a new report. The stark warning from the National Audit Office (NAO) comes after health officials said a Covid-19
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The number of people who have to stay in hospital despite being well enough to leave has reached a new high. Figures from January showed there were 1,640 patients whose
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Treating A&E patients in corridors is becoming “the norm”, leading nurses have warned. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said accident and emergency departments are being put under “intolerable pressure”
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Pharmacists will be asked to contact patients discharged from hospitals to advise over medications in a bid to relieve the burden on the NHS. Health Secretary Matt Hancock (pictured) announced
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A judge has raised concerns about delays in treating a severely-disabled teenager thought to have had toothache for the best part of five months. Mr Justice Hayden described the way
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Relatives of vulnerable patients allegedly abused in hospital in Northern Ireland have urged the health minister to call a public inquiry. Police suspect 1,500 criminal assaults over a number of
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Cancer patients in England are not being given enough information about their diseases due to NHS staff shortages, a leading charity has warned. Macmillan Cancer Support said at least 120,000
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Jeremy Hunt has called for an inquiry into the safety of maternity services amid reports of avoidable baby deaths at NHS hospitals. The former health secretary raised the issue of
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An independent inquiry into how rogue breast surgeon Ian Paterson was able to go on performing unnecessary operations for years has uncovered a healthcare system “dysfunctional at almost every level”.
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The parents of a disabled teenager who composed award-winning poetry by blinking at letters have said they are “surprised and disappointed” after an inquest found the care he received in
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