Scotland’s chief nurse has said she is sorry for causing “upset” to hard-working nurses and midwives after she wrote a message highlighting examples of rude practices by some staff on
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More than 1,000 people with learning disabilities under the care of the NHS are suffering avoidable deaths each year, the Lords heard. Labour’s Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (pictured) insisted
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The head of NHS England has admitted spending on agency staff is set to hit £4 billion this year as he condemned firms who are “ripping off” the taxpayer. Simon
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Hospital emergency departments in Wales are “on the edge”, with some patients waiting for more than 24 hours, according to a leading doctor. There are problems with recruiting emergency medicine
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Four evidence reviews written to support work NICE carried out on staffing levels in the NHS have been released. Four evidence reviews written to support work NICE carried out on
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The NHS is to impose its own “sugar tax” in hospitals in England to help tackle the growing problem of obesity, the head of the service has said. Simon Stevens,
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The UK should have a “properly resourced” social care plan in place by 2018 to help ease the burden on the NHS, the head of the health service has said.
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The first strike by junior doctors in 40 years is under way as thousands walk out in a row over a new contract. Around 100 picket lines have been put
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Student nurses and midwives turned out in their thousands as they marched from St Thomas’s Hospital to Whitehall to make their protest against the scrapping of bursaries heard opposite Downing
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A strike of junior doctors will go ahead next week as planned, after ongoing talks did not manage to resolve the dispute over contracts. The meeting between the British Medical
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