A student paramedic has died following a collision between an ambulance and a car. The 31-year-old woman was airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham but died from her injuries
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NHS hospitals are in such a poor state of repair that many have suffered collapsed ceilings, sewage leaking on to wards, and broken heating and lifts, an investigation has found.
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A High Court judge has ruled that a sick baby whose mother is a Jehovah’s Witness should have a blood transfusion. Mr Justice MacDonald concluded that a transfusion was in
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Victims of the contaminated blood scandal have told an inquiry how medical records were “destroyed”. A father fought back tears as he told the Infected Blood Inquiry his teenage son
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An Iraq war veteran has been jailed for life after stabbing a Britain’s Got Talent finalist to death in a violent rage. Desmond Sylva, 41, knifed his on-off girlfriend Simonne
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Claims by doctors that charging foreign patients for NHS care is “fundamentally racist” have been branded “bonkers” by House Of Cards author Lord Dobbs. The accusation was “financially disgraceful and
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Doctors are “handling the backlash” around the use of medicinal cannabis after patients’ expectations were unfairly raised by poor Government communication, a Parliamentary report has said. Relationships between doctors and
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A care worker accused of placing a plastic bag over an elderly hospital patient’s head claimed he was playing peekaboo, a court has heard. Santosh Bhatta, 32, denies ill treating
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Out-dated computer systems, a lack of investment, and a deficit of skills and awareness is putting NHS hospitals at risk of cyberattacks, researchers have warned. A report by Imperial College
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Antibiotics can increase vulnerability to flu and worsen symptoms, a study has found. Flu defences in the lung were weakened in mice with healthy gut bacteria who were given antibiotics
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