The head of the NHS has called on the Government to assure its foreign staff that their jobs are safe post-Brexit. Laying out a blueprint for Britain’s health service outside
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Women who believe they have overcome breast cancer are being failed “every step of the way” when they experience symptoms of the disease coming back, a damning report has found.
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A cancer patient was mistakenly given double the dose of radiation required for their treatment, a new report has revealed. Two radiographers at the Edinburgh Cancer Centre both incorrectly calculated
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The wrecking of fishing vessel Andrea Gail, immortalised in the film The Perfect Storm, was the result of ignorance of the nature and severity of the developing crisis, combined with
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The number of hospital operations cancelled in Scotland due to factors including a lack of beds, staff and equipment rose in May. Official figures show there were 31,213 scheduled operations
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Ministers are gearing up to impose a new contract on thousands of junior doctors across England. Sources in Government told the BBC an announcement is expected in the next few
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The NHS should train medics to prevent autistic people from feeling they get inadequate treatment, an inquiry has found. The Westminster Commission on Autism called on Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt
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A new national study of perinatal mental health care in Scotland has shown a geographically mixed level of service in hospitals and in the community. The report, by the Mental
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Parents of children who died on a cardiac ward have slammed an independent review into the hospital which cared for them as a “cover-up and a whitewash”. The review found
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When considering admitting patients over the age of 65 for acute hospital care, alternatives such as hospital at home, admission to a local community hospital or extended stays and treatment
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