Cancer patients are missing out on vital care as specialist nurses struggle with huge workloads, according to a new report. Macmillan Cancer Support said specialist cancer nurses were having to
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Hundreds of cystic fibrosis sufferers in Scotland will be able to get drugs which can help extend their life, after a deal on costs was reached. Pharmaceutical firm Vertex International
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Boris Johnson has faced renewed pressure to recall Parliament after the Prime Minister was forced to reveal that a no-deal Brexit could trigger medical shortages, food price rises and major
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A woman spent 18 months in hospital after being deemed fit to leave due to a disagreement between her family and a healthcare partnership, according to a report. The patient
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Two in five people in hospital never have any visitors, research suggests. A poll of 200 hospital nurses for the Royal Voluntary Service found many believed the lack of visitors
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Hospital bosses have called on a judge to dismiss a couple’s bid to move their brain-damaged daughter from London to Italy. Mr Justice MacDonald has been told that five-year-old Tafida
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The parents of a sick boy who has never tasted food have accused the British Government of prioritising seriously ill children in England over those in Northern Ireland. Jack McCrystal,
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Health workers involved in a long-running campaign of industrial action over pay will receive support from union activists on Tuesday. Members of Unite based in Lincolnshire, who started a week-long
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Almost 12 million adults in England were prescribed potentially addictive drugs such as sleeping pills and painkillers last year, with half taking them long term, a new report says. A
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Midwives say they refuse to be “gatekeepers” of NHS care as they called on the Government to scrap charges for overseas pregnant women. In a new report from Maternity Action,
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