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NHS looking to recruit scores of trauma specialists for Grenfell Tower work

By Jack Hardy13th August 2017News England

Widespread trauma caused by the Grenfell Tower fire has prompted an NHS recruiting drive for mental health professionals to keep up with demand. More than 50 vacancies for the Grenfell

Government accused of secret asset-strip as NHS sees ‘huge rise’ in land being sold

By Lizzy Buchan10th August 2017News England

The Government has been accused of secretly stripping hospitals of their assets to plug financial gaps as new analysis shows the amount of NHS land considered for sale has more

Psychiatrist admits missing warning signs before epileptic teenager drowned

By Pat Hurst10th August 2017News England

A doctor has told medical watchdogs she missed warning signs weeks before an epileptic teenager drowned in a bath after suffering a seizure at an NHS care unit. Valerie Murphy,

NHS has paid more than £17m to victims of breast surgeon Ian Paterson

By Ella Pickover9th August 2017News England

The NHS has paid more than £17 million in compensation for victims of rogue surgeon Ian Paterson. NHS Resolution said, as of July 31, it had received 277 claims involving

Slight increase in bed-blocking figures with 1,300 delayed in Scottish hospitals

By The Press Association8th August 2017News Scotland

The number of patients being kept in hospital who are well enough to leave has risen slightly, new figures have shown. Official statistics from a census carried out in hospitals

‘Tale of two Englands’ as records show profound inequality and growing North-South divide

By Pat Hurst8th August 2017News England

More people in the North of England are dying early than those in the South in a growing health divide across the country, research has found. A study of death

Charity warns of ‘deliberate inequality’ over cutbacks to IVF treatment in some areas

By The Press Association7th August 2017News England

Plans to cut back on IVF treatment in some areas of England have prompted a fertility specialist to warn of “deliberate inequality”. Posts on the website of leading patient charity

Call for Northern Ireland to get HIV prevention drug as infection rates rise

By David Young7th August 2017News Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland risks falling behind in the fight against HIV if the infection prevention drug PrEP is not rolled out in the region, a charity has warned. Positive Life called

Nineteen mental health patients waited two years for hospital discharge in Scotland

By The Press Association3rd August 2017News Scotland

A senior NHS official has admitted some mental health patients can face “very, very long delays” before leaving hospital after it emerged 19 individuals have been waiting more than two

Breast surgeon’s ‘unduly lenient’ jail term upped to 20 years by appeal judges

By Cathy Gordon and Jan Colley3rd August 2017News England

A surgeon who carried out needless breast operations has had his 15-year jail sentence increased to 20 years by judges. Ian Paterson, who left victims scarred and disfigured, was ordered

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NHS looking to recruit scores of trauma specialists for Grenfell Tower work

Government accused of secret asset-strip as NHS sees ‘huge rise’ in land being sold

Psychiatrist admits missing warning signs before epileptic teenager drowned

NHS has paid more than £17m to victims of breast surgeon Ian Paterson

‘Tale of two Englands’ as records show profound inequality and growing North-South divide

Charity warns of ‘deliberate inequality’ over cutbacks to IVF treatment in some areas

Call for Northern Ireland to get HIV prevention drug as infection rates rise

Nineteen mental health patients waited two years for hospital discharge in Scotland

Breast surgeon’s ‘unduly lenient’ jail term upped to 20 years by appeal judges

NHS trust fined £1.6 million for ‘catalogue of failures’ that led to deaths of babies

Judge-led inquiry to be held into Nottingham attacks in ‘matter of weeks’, PM announces

‘Government not gangs’ should decide who enters UK as 19,000 migrants removed

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NHS looking to recruit scores of trauma specialists for Grenfell Tower work

Government accused of secret asset-strip as NHS sees ‘huge rise’ in land being sold

Psychiatrist admits missing warning signs before epileptic teenager drowned

NHS has paid more than £17m to victims of breast surgeon Ian Paterson

Slight increase in bed-blocking figures with 1,300 delayed in Scottish hospitals

‘Tale of two Englands’ as records show profound inequality and growing North-South divide

Charity warns of ‘deliberate inequality’ over cutbacks to IVF treatment in some areas

Call for Northern Ireland to get HIV prevention drug as infection rates rise

Nineteen mental health patients waited two years for hospital discharge in Scotland

Breast surgeon’s ‘unduly lenient’ jail term upped to 20 years by appeal judges