Failures across health and social care led to around 1.5 million emergency admissions to hospital that could have been avoided, MPs have said. Nearly a quarter of the urgent admissions
Read More
The NHS was burdened with an £315 million increase in drugs spending because of unexpected price hikes that included a mental health medicine leaping by more than 70 times, a
Read More
More than one million health workers are to receive a pay rise worth 6.5% for most staff over the next three years, after the deal was accepted by those ranging
Read More
People with mental health problems feel stigmatised in asking their employers for time off work to attend therapy appointments, according to medical professionals. Yet they would happily ask their boss
Read More
Loved ones of a father-of-three murdered by a schizophrenic in a random attack have said an NHS report into his death is a whitewash. Robert Kay, 49, walked into the
Read More
A woman should not be told that her estranged teenage child has cancer, a High Court judge has decided. Mr Justice Hayden has imposed an information ban after the youngster,
Read More
Researchers have criticised the rejection of a prostate cancer drug they hailed as a “game changer”. The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) said thousands of men a year could be
Read More
The first result of a ballot among health workers on a three-year pay deal has shown massive rejection. Members of the GMB union voted against the proposed agreement, worth an
Read More
A decision to pull the plug on NHS funding for homeopathy has been upheld by a High Court judge. The British Homeopathic Association (BHA) brought a legal challenge against NHS
Read More
A Scottish Tory MP has called on the Government and NHS to conduct a review into the diagnosis and treatment of a genetic condition called DiGeorge syndrome. David Duguid (pictured)
Read More