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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Lawyers have warned about the possible impact Brexit could have on the NHS, claiming that leaving the European Union could result in delays in patients getting new medicines and also
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There has been a huge jump in the number of patients enduring long waits on trolleys while a hospital bed is found for them, figures show. Data from NHS England
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Patient care in the NHS could suffer because of a workforce “crisis” among doctors, leading medics have warned. Fewer people are choosing to enter medicine or remain in the NHS
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British women are seeking abortion pills online due to barriers accessing care, research suggests. A new study in the journal Contraception found some women in England, Scotland and Wales are
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A care home resident who died after eating bleach tablets that looked like mints waited more than three hours for an ambulance to take him to hospital, an inquest has
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An NHS trust has said it is “truly sorry” about the death of an epileptic teenager who drowned in a bath while in its care, after it admitted failings that
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Hospital nurses are having to take on catering duties because of “extreme” staffing issues. The move at Portree Hospital on Skye has been branded “completely inappropriate” and raised fears over
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Leaders of more than a million health workers have submitted an above inflation pay claim directly to the Government, ramping up pressure for an end to years of wage austerity.
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