The UK lags behind nine other high-income countries when it comes to health service spending, outcomes and how much time doctors spend with patients, research has suggested. The study, published
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The NHS is relying on less qualified staff to plug workforce gaps due to a huge shortage of nurses, a new report says. Support staff, such as healthcare assistants and
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Access to NHS mental health care is getting worse, according to a nationwide survey of patients carried out by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The poll of 12,551 people who
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NHS hospital staff organised an entire wedding in just one day so that a woman with terminal cancer could get married. Pauline Manning (pictured) was married for just eight days
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A surgeon failed to disclose that he had spilled the contents of a donor stomach while removing organs that were then used in NHS transplants. The incident, which can be
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Police are assessing whether any potential criminal offences can be identified after more than 3,000 neurology patients were recalled by health authorities in Belfast. Belfast neurologist Dr Michael Watt is
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Two doctors whose six-year-old daughter died while at the centre of a High Court life support treatment dispute have criticised specialists and hospital bosses involved. They say they are making
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A health board criticised for severe maternity failings put too much emphasis on targets instead of patient safety, according to a report. A joint review by the Healthcare Inspectorate Wales
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An “extremely kind, thoughtful and talented” former teacher who suffered from a severe eating disorder took her own life while awaiting clinical decisions regarding her psychiatric care, an inquest has
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Babies and mothers died amid major failings at a hospital trust in what is likely to be the NHS’s worst ever maternity scandal. A leaked report shows that a “toxic”
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