Calls have been made to introduce tougher legislation to tackle violence against public sector workers, after staff reported more than 40,000 attacks for the third consecutive year. Union Unison published
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock has launched an investigation into the case of an autistic girl said to have been detained in a “cell-like” hospital room for almost two years. Labour
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MPs have called on the Government to consider mandatory flu vaccinations for some healthcare workers as it was revealed take-up is as low as 30% in some NHS hospital trusts.
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NHS hospitals are “plugging the care gap” with healthcare assistants where they are struggling to recruit nurses, a new report suggests. The document, by BPP University School of Nursing, states
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The latest sexual health figures released by Northern Ireland’s Public Health Agency (PHA) show an increase in cases of gonorrhoea, herpes and chlamydia, while numbers diagnosed with syphilis and
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There have been “savage” cuts to the number of health visitors in England, Labour has warned. New analysis by the party suggests the number of health visitors has been cut
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Patients will be left “stranded” in hospitals and GP waiting rooms unless more money is found for social care, leading medics have warned. In a letter to the Chancellor ahead
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The NHS made almost £70 million by charging staff for parking last year, it has been revealed. Figures released by NHS Digital show that trusts in England raked in £69.5
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A council must pay a man £2,500 after it destroyed his BMW while he lay in hospital. Flintshire County Council in North Wales removed the man’s car after it was
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Ambulance staff in the north-east will pilot body worn video cameras following a 23% rise in reported attacks by patients this year. Around 40 North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) staff
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