Vulnerable and elderly people who are re-admitted to hospital on a regular basis should receive automatic home checks, the British Red Cross has suggested. It has conducted a report which
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More than 1,800 high priority items, such as patient screening or test results, have been identified by NHS England among a backlog of 374,000 pieces of clinical correspondence which were
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Ambulance delays are feared to have caused up to 81 patient deaths at a trust judged to be in “crisis”, a former health minister has said. Norman Lamb said he
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Wales has become the first country in the UK to introduce a nationwide ban on the intimate piercing of under-18s. The law, which comes into force on Thursday, makes it
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Tasers were fired 22 times in mental health hospitals, wards and clinics during a six month period, new figures have shown. From April 1 2017 to September 30 2017, the
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A “life-changing” drug for breast cancer patients has been given the final go-ahead for routine NHS use in England. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) issued its
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Medics in Northern Ireland should be legally forced to come clean about errors in their care, a public inquiry said. The mother of one girl who died from avoidable negligence
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Medical chiefs from three hospital trusts criticised in Sir John O’Hara’s damning report have made an unreserved apology. Speaking on behalf of the Belfast, Western and Southern Health and Social
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The NHS should strive for “zero suicides” throughout its mental health services in England, the Health Secretary has said, as he described the suicide rate as a “litmus test” for
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Too many young people are killing themselves because NHS professionals are not sharing information with their families, a charity has warned. Ged Flynn, chief executive of youth suicide prevention charity
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