Locum doctors and nurses are unfairly earning significantly more than their NHS counterparts by working for “rip-off agencies”, according to health sector regulators. Monitor and the NHS TDA (Trust Development
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The Department of Health has announced it will cut around 650 jobs to reduce its running costs. Non-senior staff numbers will be slashed from 1,800 to between 1,200 and 1,300
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Around 8,500 “bed-blocking” patients are stuck in NHS hospitals every day – costing the health service £900 million a year and driving up use of the private sector, a report
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A case of female genital mutilation (FGM) is reported in England every 109 minutes, according to official health figures. Some 2,421 instances of mutilation were reported from April 2015 to
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An elderly care home resident was left “emaciated” by malnutrition and soaked in her own urine as she was neglected by a care home, a court heard. Ivy Atkin died
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There are serious failings in the accessibility and accuracy of short break statements among local authorities in England, according to new research by Cardiff University. A survey carried out by
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People who care for a loved one with dementia are “struggling in silence”, a charity has warned. The Alzheimer’s Society said caring for someone with dementia could take an “enormous
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Nearly 90% of people with mental health problems have experienced stigma or discrimination, a major survey has revealed. Of more than 7,000 people questioned, 64% said they felt isolated, 61%
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Potentially crucial evidence was lost and a suspect was free to carry on offending because of “unacceptable” delays in child sex inquiries at a police force, a report by watchdogs
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Cancer death rates in the UK have fallen by almost 10% in the last decade, although the number of cases is still going up, new figures show. Analysis by Cancer
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