Mental health services are turning away one in five children who are referred to them for treatment, including youngsters who have been abused and neglected, a charity has found. The
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Jurors have been chosen in the trial of two nurses accused of neglecting vulnerable patients. Claire Cahill, 42, and Jade Pugh, are on trial at Cardiff Crown Court amid allegations
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Operating theatres have been compared to “an old boys’ club” by one of Britain’s leading female surgeons. Jyoti Shah, a consultant urological surgeon at Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, called
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The deadline for people to make a claim if they believe their ongoing care should have been funded by the Welsh NHS is being extended. Continuing healthcare is a package
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A “wait and see” culture in the NHS over the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) is damaging patient care, a charity has warned. The MS Society said a “paradigm shift”
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Fiona McQueen, Chief Nursing Officer, Scottish Government and Karen Reid, Chief Executive, Care Inspectorate have written to all service providers to raise awareness of the forthcoming changes to the re-registration
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Up to £5.7 billion a year could be lost by the NHS to fraud by patients and staff, a new report has claimed. A review led by Jim Gee, a
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Amid growing concern that most NHS providers are sliding into deficit, arguably we should be even more worried about social care providers. This is a complex and sprawling sector –
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More than 1,000 women have been seen by the NHS in a three-month period after having their genitals mutilated, new figures show. The NHS is recording data on female genital
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Some £2 billion has been spent on 12 hospital mergers in the past five years despite little evidence they work, according to a report. Mergers are designed to help NHS
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