The expert behind an investigation into the largest NHS maternity scandal in its history believes it is unlikely the full extent of the failures will ever be known. Writing for
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Jobseekers’ interest in applying for nursing roles has slumped by almost a fifth in the past two years, a new study suggests. Searches for nursing jobs have fallen in some
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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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Labour and the Tories have been involved in a furious clash over claims the Conservatives would put the NHS “up for sale” in a post-Brexit trade deal with the US.
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Labour has accused the Conservatives of negotiating a secret trade deal with the US to open up the NHS to American pharmaceutical companies. Jeremy Corbyn said they had obtained uncensored
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Patients experience a “postcode lottery” in accessing physiotherapy following a knee or hip replacement, researchers say. Their new study found that people are more likely to receive physiotherapy if they
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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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Thousands of NHS staff from the European Union have left the health service since the Brexit referendum, data suggests. More than 3,252 NHS staff from the EU left 50 of
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