An independent inquiry has been launched into the recall of thousands of neurology patients in Northern Ireland. Last week, Belfast Trust ordered the recall of 2,500 patients following a probe
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Apps which allow NHS workers to book onto empty shifts could be rolled out across the country to reduce reliance on “expensive agency staff”. Under the trial, thousands of doctors,
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Migration officials have had their power to check NHS records in immigration cases reined in. Digital Minister Margot James told MPs that a previous memorandum of understanding between the Home
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Police are investigating the death of a child at the centre of a public inquiry in Northern Ireland. Claire Roberts, nine, died in Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital in 1996 from
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People are finding it harder to see their family doctor, a new study has found. Despite “relationship continuity” with a GP leading to better health outcomes, patients are finding it
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Thousands of dementia patients are being taken to hospital because of a fall, a new study has found. Researchers tracked 8,000 people living with dementia for more than two years
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Golden hellos of £10,000 will be used to attract students to hard-to-recruit nursing disciplines, the Government has said as Labour failed to overturn wider cuts. Health minister Steve Barclay said
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England will become the “world leader” in mental health care for mothers and babies, a leading psychiatrist said, as the NHS announced a multimillion-pound boost for support services. Pregnant women
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The proposed closure of key children’s services at a hospital has sparked claims from patient campaigners that lives could be at risk. Health chiefs have said a temporary closure of
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Independent hospitals must get their houses in order on patient safety if they are to partner with the NHS, the Health Secretary has said In a letter to the chief
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