Family of ‘road rage’ stabbing victim slam NHS Trust over killer’s treatment
The family of a retired solicitor stabbed to death by a mentally ill man following a minor shunt have blasted the NHS for failings that left him free to kill.
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NHS Trust to review 10 killings involving patients following road rage case
An NHS Trust will review 10 killings involving its patients after admitting it “got things wrong” with the treatment of a mentally ill man who stabbed a retired solicitor to
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NHS England reveals plans for definitive cancer diagnosis within four weeks
People with a suspected case of cancer will be given a definitive diagnosis within four weeks under ambitious new plans to provide “world-class” cancer care in England. NHS England has
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Report finds NHS whistleblower treated unfairly over mortality rate data
An NHS whistleblower who claimed she was badly treated by a hospital trust after alleging it had been fixing its death rates was treated unfairly, a report has found. Manager
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MPs warn ‘no coherent attempt’ to address staffing gaps in seven-day NHS plan
Staffing gaps in the NHS could lead to “shortcomings” in quality of care for patients, leading MPs have warned. The shortage of clinical staff in the NHS could mean longer
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Patients sent home ‘alone and afraid’ as Ombudsman slams hospital discharges
Many patients are being inappropriately sent home from hospital “alone, afraid and unable to cope”, according to a damning new report. People are being “badly let down by the system”,
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Weekend effect on hospital mortality rates ‘a major oversimplification’
The concept of the so-called “weekend effect” on mortality rates for patients admitted to hospital on Saturdays and Sundays is a “major oversimplification” of a complex issue, experts have said.
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Study estimates thousands of lives lost due to poor heart attack after-care
Failures in heart attack care are leading to tens of thousands of deaths, a new study has found. Around 33,000 deaths could have been avoided over a 10-year period if
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Jeremy Hunt: NHS starting to turn corner on agency staff spending
The NHS is “beginning to turn a corner” on the issue of agency staff expenditure, the Health Secretary has insisted, as Labour claimed such spending had “gone through the roof”
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Boots may offer in-store treatments to ‘take pressure from NHS’
Boots is considering offering more complex treatments in-store, including skin cancer checks and diabetes management. The company’s chief pharmacists told The Times that the NHS needed the firm to help
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