Doctors will be able to legally prescribe medicinal cannabis to patients in the UK, the Home Office has said. Home Secretary Sajid Javid has decided to reschedule the products, relaxing
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Nurses have reported feeling exhausted, sick and dizzy as the hot weather raises temperatures in hospitals. One nurse was admitted to A&E with dehydration after working three 12-hours shifts in
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A judge in the specialist Court of Protection has ruled, without analysing evidence at a hearing, that a woman in a permanent vegetative state should be allowed to die. Mr
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The hiring of a private company employed to perform various back-office tasks for the NHS in England “was a shambles”, MPs have said. In a scathing report on NHS England’s
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Fears have been raised over a new GP app missing symptoms of deadly illnesses by a former GP turned senior Tory MP. New Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the Commons
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Police would have interviewed a doctor accused of the “horrific” abuse of 114 children had he been alive today, a report has found. Child patients sent to Aston Hall Hospital
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A decision to suspend rather than strike off a doctor found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter over the death of a six-year-old boy was “humane and balanced”, the Court of
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The NHS estate in England is in a “dire” state, Labour has said after uncovering the number of potholes across the health service. The party said that since 2010 there
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Hospitals have “forgotten the basic lessons of patient care”, researchers have suggested, with children struggling to sleep on noisy wards. Noise levels at night for young patients exceeded the maximum
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Young people with mental disorders are being let down by under-ambitious NHS treatment targets, experts have warned as they shunned the “snowflake generation” label. Researchers claimed adolescents and students are
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