A 15-year-old with a rare brain tumour is to undergo pioneering proton beam therapy at the UK’s first dedicated NHS treatment centre. Mason Kettley, from Angmering in West Sussex, will
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Two people have appeared in court after making a series of hoax 999 calls – with one man costing the NHS almost £25,000. Thomas Exhall, who was often intoxicated and
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The Welsh Government is investing £7m in a new operating theatre and two new scanners at hospitals across South Wales, Heath Minister Vaughan Gething announced today. £1m will be used
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A new WhatsApp-style messaging service has been set up to alert doctors if a patient has been tested positive for flu to help reduce the spread of the virus within
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More than 2,000 calls were made to the ambulance service from one address in the North West of England in the space of a year, figures show. A total of
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Staff shortages within the NHS risk undermining the Scottish Government’s £100 million cancer strategy, a new report has found. A review of the five-year plan at its half-way point found
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The UK Government has “picked the pocket of the health service” in Scotland, with funding claimed to be £55 million lower than promised. A “disappointed” Jeane Freeman told MSPs the
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A “common sense” scheme which has helped patients avoid thousands of nights in hospital and saved £2 million will help the NHS make the best use of every penny, health
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A judge has told doctors they can stop providing life-support treatment to a brain-damaged woman who had worked as a carer for disabled people. Mrs Justice Gwynneth Knowles heard that
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Charities have welcomed the decision to make a “truly life-changing drug” for women with breast cancer available on the NHS in Scotland. Perjeta, which is also known as pertuzumab, can
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