An “insulting” order from NHS England instructing all general practices to offer face-to-face appointments and an in-person reception desk has prompted hundreds of doctors to call on its co-author to
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The number of people with dementia admitted to hospital when it could be avoided is set to spiral, a charity has warned. Figures from the Alzheimer’s Society, based on a
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Employment for frontline healthcare workers should be “conditional” on Covid-19 vaccination, according to an article in a medical journal. The piece published in the Journal of Medical Ethics suggests that
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An NHS trust has made a “full and unreserved apology” to almost 120 women over concerns they were the subject of unnecessary operations at the hands of a former hospital
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A disabled six-year-old girl at the centre of a High Court life support treatment fight has died, a lawyer said. Pippa Knight had been in a vegetative state at the
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Members of the Unison trade union have voted to accept the Scottish Government’s 4% pay offer for most NHS workers. Unison, Scotland’s largest public sector union, had campaigned for the
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Health and care workers who feel under pressure from their employers to get a coronavirus vaccine are more likely to decline a jab, early research suggests. Feeling pressurised often exacerbated
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A doctor has been ordered to repay almost £67,000 to the NHS for diverting stolen cheques to his own bank accounts, NHS fraud investigators have said. Dr Aled Meirion Jones,
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Most people believe there are not enough nurses to deliver safe care, new research suggests. More than one in four of 1,750 adults surveyed by the Royal College of Nursing
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The Government should put 1p on income tax, national insurance and VAT to secure the future of the NHS and social care, 33 health and political experts have said. The
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