Paramedics will be issued with body cameras to help protect them from violent attacks, the Health Secretary has announced. NHS staff will also be given speedier access to mental health
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An app that will mark the “death knell” of the early morning scramble to secure a GP appointment is being launched, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced. Patients will be
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The Government has announced a £215 million package of funding for research into transforming the lives of millions of people living with a range of conditions, including life-long illnesses, mental
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More than 5,300 people are being diagnosed with sarcoma cancer every year in the UK – suggesting it is more common than previously thought, a charity has warned. Sarcoma is
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A breast cancer charity has called on the Government to tackle a “totally unacceptable” lack of care for women with the disease. Breast Cancer Care said that, in its survey
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Nearly every GP surgery in England is short of a family doctor, a leading medic has warned. Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard said there is a “crisis” in the GP workforce. Many
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The Home Office has rubber-stamped a special exemption licence meaning severely epileptic Billy Caldwell can go home with his medicinal cannabis, a family spokesman has said. His mother Charlotte, of
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The NHS in England has launched the biggest recruitment drive in its history to encourage schoolchildren to work in the health service. The health service, which is celebrating the 70th
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Breast reductions and operations to stop people snoring are among a list of treatments which could be cut back in plans to prevent more than 100,000 “unnecessary procedures” taking place
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An NHS scheme to drive integration between health and social care has not delivered the transformation of services originally planned, an official report has found. Much of the funding intended
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