Sexual incidents are “commonplace” on mental health wards, a new report suggests. Patients and staff have been left distressed after receiving unwanted advances and being spoken to in a sexualised
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NHS staff will be asked what needs to be done to make them feel safe and secure at work in the largest ever health and care engagement exercise. Health Secretary
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Ministers have been accused of driving through a “secret fire sale of valuable assets” as Labour Party research suggested the amount of NHS land put up for sale had risen
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The mother of a four-year-old girl who died from a meningococcal infection hours after she was sent home from hospital has told a coroner: “I took her away to die.”
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The parents of a 10-year-old boy who suffers from a form of cerebral palsy as a result of being starved of oxygen during birth have agreed a damages package approaching
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The removal of financial incentives for GPs has been linked with a decline in performance by a new study. Researchers said an “immediate” reduction recorded across 12 quality measures they
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Neglect by a children’s hospital led to the death of a toddler who was left waiting days for emergency surgery, an inquest has found. Kayden Urmston-Bancroft, aged 20 months, was
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The health watchdog has taken action after an inspection at a hospital brought up a “number of concerns” surrounding its A&E department, particularly with regard to whether staff were identifying
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A campaign group has lodged an appeal after it lost its legal challenge to the Scottish Government’s move to allow pregnant women to take abortion-inducing medication at home. The Society
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Children and young people with a form of leukaemia will have access to a groundbreaking treatment after NHS England secured a deal with the drug manufacturer. Tisagenlecleucel, a form of
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