The NHS could benefit from a “radical simplification” of streamlining and making social care free at the point of need, former Labour and Tory health ministers have suggested. Lord Ara
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Scotland would face “austerity until doomsday” if the country became independent, former prime minister Gordon Brown has said. He issued the warning as he called for politicians north and south
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Reforms to mental health units have stalled after a Tory MP delivered one of the Commons’ longest speeches in recent years. Cries of “shame” were heard in the chamber as
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The Grenfell Tower fire is bringing stressful past life events flooding back to people, and those not directly affected by the tragedy should not feel ashamed to seek help. Emma
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The NHS is to be able to recruit thousands more medical staff from abroad, after the Government announced a relaxation on visas. Doctors and nurses are to be excluded from
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The number of patients waiting longer than the recommended 18 weeks to start planned NHS hospital treatment has reached the highest number in almost a decade by exceeding half a
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Patients with pre-existing mental health conditions feel they are treated with less respect and dignity while staying in hospital, according to the results of a wide-ranging survey. This group reported
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Health experts have developed a way to dramatically cut the time needed to diagnose tuberculosis in the developing world. The treatable disease still causes about one million deaths every year,
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Young people are experiencing a “double epidemic” of obesity and mental health problems, the head of NHS England has warned. Chief executive Simon Stevens (pictured) said the issues were key
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Immigration rules preventing overseas doctors being recruited by the NHS have been branded “ludicrous and shameful” in the Lords. Former Lord Speaker Baroness Hayman warned patient care was being “compromised”
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