Half of the extra 50,000 nurses promised by the Conservatives would need to be recruited from overseas, health experts have said. The Tories have pledged an extra 50,000 NHS nurses
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Boris Johnson has promised 50,000 more nurses for the NHS if the Tories are returned to power, as he set out his programme to reunite a country torn apart by
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Discussions between employers and health workers have broken down without agreement. Health and social care workers in the region earlier this week served notice of industrial action over staffing numbers
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A surgeon failed to disclose that he had spilled the contents of a donor stomach while removing organs that were then used in NHS transplants. The incident, which can be
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Labour has pledged extra money for the NHS, better access to GPs and higher pay for health service staff as it unveiled its manifesto. A “lifetime cap” on the amount
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Police are assessing whether any potential criminal offences can be identified after more than 3,000 neurology patients were recalled by health authorities in Belfast. Belfast neurologist Dr Michael Watt is
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Two doctors whose six-year-old daughter died while at the centre of a High Court life support treatment dispute have criticised specialists and hospital bosses involved. They say they are making
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A health board criticised for severe maternity failings put too much emphasis on targets instead of patient safety, according to a report. A joint review by the Healthcare Inspectorate Wales
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Babies and mothers died amid major failings at a hospital trust in what is likely to be the NHS’s worst ever maternity scandal. A leaked report shows that a “toxic”
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A woman who was not told her father had a fatal progressive condition would not have had a child if she had known she could pass on the disease, the
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