Mental health patients sent away from home for treatment have travelled the equivalent of 22 times around the world in a year. Patients were forced to travel 555,000 miles in
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A new range of cancer tests has been developed, which scientists hope will help research of the disease and get more patients on clinical trials. The Glasgow Cancer Tests are
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Thousands of mental health hospital patients with learning disabilities and autism will have their care reviewed over the next 12 months, the health secretary has announced. Secretary of State for
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The number of people being admitted to hospital due to heart failure has reached record levels in England after rising by a third in five years, new data has revealed.
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An inquest into the death of a teenager following a suspected allergic reaction will examine “systemic and individual failings” including the response by the NHS, lawyers have said. Emma Turay
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A grandmother says she is “in awe” of the NHS staff who pulled out all the stops to save her life in a 14-hour surgery. Trish Hatton, 70, was told
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Mental health legislation must be overhauled to stop the “horrific” and inappropriate detention of young people with autism or learning disabilities, MPs said. The human rights of many young people
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The number of infections that do not respond to antibiotics has risen 9% in one year, Public Health England (PHE) has warned. There were an estimated 61,000 antibiotic-resistant infections in
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Girls in Wales are more likely to be admitted to hospital after self-harming than boys, according to new research. The study, led by Swansea University, included 937,697 young people aged
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NHS Digital has published new figures on the number of detentions carried out under the Mental Health Act in 2018-19. This publication provides the official statistics about people with a
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