Patients are too often “gaslighted, dismissed, and fobbed off” when they raise concerns about NHS care, the patient safety commissioner has said. Henrietta Hughes (pictured) said the “patient’s anecdote is
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An independent investigation will be held into the performance of the NHS, the Health Secretary has announced. Writing for The Sun, Wes Streeting says the probe will be aimed at
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A “dysfunctional” culture at the nursing regulator is threatening public safety, according to a damning new report which found the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) took seven years to strike
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The Health Secretary has announced he will meet junior doctors on Tuesday in an effort to end strike action and discuss reform. Wes Streeting will first meet the British Dental
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The “heartbroken and angry” family of a baby girl targeted by killer nurse Lucy Letby say they may never know why she tried to murder her. On Tuesday, Letby, 34,
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A 29-year-old trans person who felt “dismissed, ignored and lied to” by mental health workers took their own life outside a hospital despite “screaming very loudly for help to stay
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Hospital patients are being left to die alone because of staff shortages, according to a new report. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said its research suggested that only a
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Keeping patients consistently safe and losing the confidence of the Department of Health are issues facing the hospitals regulator, an internal document suggests. Produced by the Care Quality Commission (CQC),
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One third of people attending Scotland’s emergency departments waited longer than four hours, according to the latest weekly figures. Statistics released by Public Health Scotland show 66% of patients were
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Personal protective equipment (PPE) worth an estimated £1.4 billion, which was acquired by the government in a single deal during the pandemic, has been destroyed or written off, it is
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