Patients become less satisfied with the care provided in hospitals if they believe there are not enough nurses on the ward, according to a new study. Researchers from the University
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Health officials have taken a “backwards step” in breast cancer care after recommending that a genetic test should no longer be used on the NHS, a charity has said. The
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Hundreds of thousands of English patients are missing out on cheaper NHS prescriptions, new analysis suggests. More than 800,000 people would have been better off if they had purchased a
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Leading doctors have welcomed Downing Street’s decision to merge health and social care into one political portfolio. The Royal College of GPs said the state of social care “profoundly” impacts
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A hospital where staff failings resulted in the death or significant harm of four newborn babies has been told it must make “significant improvements”. North Devon District Hospital (pictured) was
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A health minister provoked shock in the Commons after saying there are “seats available” in hospitals when beds are not. Opposition MPs reacted angrily when Philip Dunne made the remark
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We have put extra funding in. There are more beds available across the system, we’ve reduced the number of delayed discharges of elderly people who would otherwise have been in
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Assaults on emergency service workers have reached a three-year high, according to official figures. A total of 6,509 common assaults were recorded on police, fire and ambulance workers across Scotland
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A young woman who died after taking an overdose of online diet pills did not receive appropriate care because the A&E department was too overcrowded, an inquest heard. Bethany Shipsey
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A serial killer met his third victim while on unescorted leave from a secure mental hospital where he had been locked up for strangling his last girlfriend, a court heard.
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