Half of hospitals are failing to meet Government standards for hospital food, a new report says. Rules have been set down to drive up standards, with 10 key areas for
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Hospital patients with mental health problems are not receiving good enough care for either their mind or body, a new report warns. Fewer than half of those who visit hospital
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Cuts to social care have had a disastrous effect on NHS provision, a Labour former health secretary has warned. Lord Reid of Cardowan argued the move had a knock-on effect
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Health boards have been forced to pay more than £1,500 for an agency nurse to cover a single hospital shift, new figures reveal. Details released under Freedom of Information showed
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Hospitals are running wards with a dangerously low number of nurses and are using healthcare workers as “stand-ins”, an investigation suggests. Analysis of two years’ worth of official data shows
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A man has been evicted from his hospital bed by court order after he “unnecessarily” refused to leave for more than two years, it has been reported. The patient arrived
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Under-fire Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt could be set to pocket more than £15 million from the sale of his education company as the NHS plunges into a full-blown crisis. Mr
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Jeremy Corbyn has accused Theresa May of being out of touch with the NHS crisis and launched a website to counter her claims the health service is dealing with a
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A “large number” of hospitals are cancelling cancer operations this winter, the president of the Royal College of Surgeons has said, revealing the extent of the NHS crisis. Clare Marx
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People in North Wales who need treatment for an injury can now get up to the minute information on waiting times at the regions Minor Injuries Units and Emergency Departments.
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