Many stroke patients are being “let down” as they are being forced to wait for months on end for rehabilitation once they are sent home from hospital, experts have warned.
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Poor out-of-hours care and a lack of consultants on wards is leading to potentially avoidable deaths of heart patients, a report has warned. The study, from the British Cardiovascular Society
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Elderly patients at risk of falling over in hospital are to be offered a new guide to prevent injuries. Data shows that more than 240,000 falls – more than 600
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Fewer people are seeking help from dedicated sexual health clinics, new figures show. Last year, 1.26 million people in England sought help from family planning services, community contraception clinics and
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The Government will step in when it thinks local NHS leaders have made the “wrong choices” about care being rationed in the health service, the Health Secretary has warned. Jeremy
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Inadequate staffing levels are driving midwives to leave the NHS, with some looking after as many as 15 mothers and babies at a time, according to a new report. The
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The NHS spent £25 million on agency midwives last year – a figure that has doubled in two years, according to a new report. The study, from the Royal College
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Health officials are to name and shame hospitals which spend too much money on agency staff as new figures showed the NHS in England is paying £250 million a month
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Jeremy Hunt has pledged that the NHS will learn lessons from its mistakes as he launched a new voluntary compensation scheme for parents whose babies are damaged at birth. The
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A review of 10 killings – including that of a pensioner who was stabbed after a collision between two cars – has uncovered failings at a mental health trust. Sussex
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