Mother takes legal action against NHS for access to Orkambi drug
The mother of a girl with cystic fibrosis is taking legal action against the NHS after it refused funding for a drug which could extend her daughter’s life. Sarah Burgwin,
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Police release CCTV images after £10,000 stolen from 91-year-old dementia patient
Police have released CCTV photographs of a woman they want to speak to after £10,000 was stolen from a 91-year-old patient with dementia as she lay in her hospital bed.
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Families ask questions over 36 deaths at maternity probe hospital trust
Families have raised questions over the deaths of 36 people at a trust at the centre of a maternity probe, it has emerged. Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust said it
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Webwatch: Patient data concerns as Google absorbs Deepmind’s health tech unit
Fresh concerns about patient data have been raised after Google announced plans to bring the health division of its DeepMind artificial intelligence company more closely under its control. The move
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Heavy workloads and training gaps behind UK’s poor maternity care outcomes
Failures to follow guidelines and best practice in hospitals is contributing to incidents of newborn death and brain-damage, a new report claims. The Each Baby Counts study found nearly three
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No-deal Brexit could leave NHS with £2.3BN cost before 2020, report warns
A no-deal Brexit could lead to the NHS forking out £2.3 billion by 2020, new analysis suggests. The additional cost could come as a result of increased purchasing of supplies
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Too few public health policies designed to prevent illness, MSPs find
There are not enough public health policies designed to prevent illness, a Holyrood committee has found. MSPs on the Health and Sport Committee found that the health service was over-reliant
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Health department under attack over calls to save community phramacies
The head of Community Pharmacy Northern Ireland has criticised the Department of Health for ignoring repeated calls to save the service. Community pharmacists say they have been warned by
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New data shows substantial rise in cocaine-related hospital admissions in Wales
New data released by Public Health Wales shows that despite an overall decrease in hospital admissions for illicit drugs, the number of cocaine-related hospital admissions has increased by 114 per
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Mental health staff failed to assess danger posed by killer, coroner concludes
A grandmother would not have been murdered if mental health staff had assessed the danger posed by a mentally ill woman properly, a coroner has concluded. Paranoid schizophrenic Nicola Edgington
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