The proportion of people waiting more than four hours to be seen in A&E departments has typically been higher in Wales than either England or Scotland over the past decade,
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The use of chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the UK lags behind comparable countries and people wait too long for treatment, research has found. Two new studies part-funded by Cancer Research
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Death threats, physical abuse and racist slurs aimed at NHS workers has prompted one hospital to make it easier for staff to “red card” violent and abusive patients. Aggressive patients
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The Government is being urged to make payments worth several thousand pounds on top of salaries to prevent nursing staff leaving the NHS and to tackle a worsening “workforce crisis”.
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A medical regulator has apologised to male doctors struck off because of their sexuality. The General Medical Council said it was issuing a formal apology “for taking regulatory action against
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A maintenance worker is facing a lengthy jail term after being convicted of attempting to murder two of his work colleagues in an “unprovoked attack” at a London hospital. Matteo
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A Government baby loss certificate scheme designed to recognise the grief of parents who lose a baby early in a pregnancy has been launched. The voluntary scheme offers those who
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Cancer patients living on Scottish islands were more likely to die within a year of diagnosis than those on the mainland, according to a study. The research, which looked at
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The NHS in England will roll out ‘Martha’s Rule’ from April to give patients and families access to a rapid review if they are worried about a condition getting worse.
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Medicine shortages have increased and are “around double what they were a year ago”, it has been claimed. Speaking to the Health and Social Care Committee on Monday, Mark Samuels,
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