Five patients on a cancer ward in Northern Ireland have tested positive for Covid-19. It is the second cluster of infections at Craigavon Area Hospital in Co Armagh. A member
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More support has been urged for women working in healthcare after a survey found almost three-quarters of staff suffered a greater negative impact than usual on their emotional wellbeing as
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Families who lost loved ones to Covid-19 while they were working on the front line could be stripped of their social security payments, it has been claimed. Under the NHS
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The Government is to press ahead with controversial plans to break up Public Health England (PHE), the Health Secretary has announced. Matt Hancock said that the Covid-19 response work of
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Ministers have been accused of seeking to deflect attention from their own handling of the coronavirus crisis after reports Public Health England (PHE) is to be broken up. The Covid-19
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“Urgent changes” are needed at the troubled Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Hospitals Trust (SaTH) after health inspectors highlighted “failing leadership” and normalisation of “poor patient care”. The Care Quality Commission
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A third of health trusts said they were not confident the current plans for testing would meet the needs of trusts and communities in the coming months, with one chief
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The NHS should brace itself for a rising tide of patients in need of mental health support as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, health leaders have warned. But the
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NHS trusts across England will receive £300 million to upgrade facilities ahead of the winter amid fears of a second wave of coronavirus, Boris Johnson has announced. The Prime Minister
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A multi-million pound Government plan to train more apprentice nurses falls short of what is needed, the Royal College of Nursing has said. The Department of Health and Social Care
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