Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced a 25% increase in nurse training places to boost numbers of home-grown NHS staff as Britain leaves the EU. The additional 5,000 places will
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Complaints to NHS Scotland have risen 10% in a year and are equivalent to around 64 per day, new figures have shown. Official statistics revealed 23,507 grievances were registered between
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Delayed discharges – where people are stuck in hospital even though they are medically fit to leave – is fuelling a rise in overall death rates, research suggests. Experts said
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Thousands of women with breast cancer are still being denied 43p-a-day drugs in many parts of the country, according to a new report. Progress on tackling breast cancer is also
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Patients are dying alone in NHS hospitals because there are too few staff to care for them, according to a new report. A survey of more than 30,000 nurses found
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Services for mental health patients are under “significant pressure” and have faced reductions in both hospital and community care in recent years, a new report has concluded. The Centre for
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Leaving the European Union could be “potentially catastrophic” for the NHS, the authors of a hard-hitting report have warned. Even a “soft” Brexit that retains access to the single market
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Theresa May must pour a £500 million winter bailout fund into the NHS to avoid another seasonal crisis which could leave thousands of people waiting more than four hours for
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Cancer waiting times are the worst for 10 years, campaigners said, as new figures showed 13% of patients who are urgently referred do not start treatment in the target time.
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An initiative to train GP receptionists in directing patients to different services if they do not require an appointment with a doctor has been trialled in parts of England. Some
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