A coroner has criticised doctors for their “gross failure” in not diagnosing a two-year-old girl with sepsis – ruling neglect contributed to her death. Marcie Tadman was being treated for
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Drugs to treat a rare form of cancer and prevent infection following a stem cell transplant have been recommended for routine use on the NHS in Scotland. The two drugs
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Key targets for patients to be seen in A&E within four hours, or receive an operation within 18 weeks, could be scrapped under new NHS plans. NHS England announced a
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Systemic failures on a children’s ward led to the death of a two-year-old girl from sepsis, an expert has told an inquest into her death. Dr Nelly Ninis said Marcie
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Thousands more people will be offered blood pressure lowering drugs as part of a drive to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Draft guidelines published by the National Institute for Health
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More than £50 million will be invested to improve access to mental health services for expectant and new mothers, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said. It is estimated the funding
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A record number of people are working for the NHS in Scotland but the number of vacancies for doctors, nurses and midwives have prompted claims of a “workforce crisis”. NHS
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More than a quarter of youngsters in need of specialist mental health care were not seen within the Scottish Government’s target time – with more than 100 waiting over a
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A London hospital patient is the second person in the world to be cleared of the Aids virus, doctors have said. The male patient has achieved “sustained remission” from HIV
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A review panel set up to look at the findings of an investigation into baby deaths at an NHS trust has been disbanded after concerns were raised over conflicts of
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