A senior medic has broken down in tears as he described scenes “from hell” on intensive care wards during the Covid pandemic, with staff running out of body bags and
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Hospital bosses who ignored concerns over nurse Lucy Letby were “complicit in the harm that was caused” and should face criminal action, a mother has told a public inquiry. The
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Nurses have rejected the Government’s pay award of a 5.5% rise, it has been announced. Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in England rejected the deal by two-thirds
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Problems with social care are “clogging up” hospitals, adding to an “existential” crisis for the NHS, Wes Streeting has said. But the Health Secretary indicated fundamental reform of the social
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Decisions to restrict hospital visits during the pandemic in Northern Ireland were taken as “the least worst option”, the former chief nursing officer (CNO) for the region has said. Professor
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The removal the bursary for student nurses in England was a “catastrophic decision” and led to hospitals being depleted of thousands staff when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the pandemic probe
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A microbiologist working at a hospital at the centre of infection concerns was told she was “head of nothing” when she tried to blow the whistle on patient safety issues,
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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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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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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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