Student nursing and midwifery places to reach record high in Scotland
The number of student nursing and midwifery places will reach a record high in the next academic year in a bid to tackle staffing pressures in the NHS. Course spots
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Labour warn over ‘shortsighted’ cuts to sexual health and substance misuse services
Cuts to smoking cessation services, sexual healthcare and obesity services are “misguided”, Labour has said. The party said that reductions in spending on public health in England are “shortsighted” and
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Mental health trusts to probe ‘red flag’ deaths to prevent repeat of Connor Sparrowhawk failings
Mental health trusts are being asked to review deaths for “red flags” to improve patient treatment and prevent failings being repeated in light of the death of a teenager with
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Police face ‘intolerable burden’ of tackling broken mental health system, Inspectorate warns
Police have been left to pick up the pieces amid a national crisis in mental health care, a watchdog report has warned. Stretched forces are responding to tens of thousands
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Mental health nurse’s 150km challenge to fund therapeutic activities for patients
A Denbighshire nurse is putting his best feet forward in a bid to provide better support for the mental health patients in his care. Joe Lewis, who is based at
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London patients with minor illnesses to be referred to their local pharmacist
Some NHS 111 patients are to be booked appointments with their local pharmacist, officials have said. Patients in London with minor illnesses who call the NHS helpline can be sent
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Government defeated over liberty safeguards for vulnerable detained in care system
The Government has suffered a further defeat at the hands of peers demanding strengthened safeguards for vulnerable people detained in care homes or hospitals. The House of Lords backed by
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Woman arrested after community support worker stabbed in hospital car park
A woman has been arrested after a health worker was stabbed in a hospital car park. Emergency services were called to Ailsa Hospital in North Ayrshire at around 10am on
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Over 8,000 women could have survived their heart attacks but for inequalities in care
More than 8,200 women in England and Wales could have survived their heart attacks had they simply been given the same quality of treatment as men, new research has found.
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Community care gets £3.5 billion boost to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions
Health teams working in the community are to get a multi-billion funding boost in a bid to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions, the Prime Minister has announced. Theresa May pledged £3.5
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