Child serial killer Lucy Letby has formally lodged a bid to challenge her convictions at the Court of Appeal, officials have confirmed. Court staff said on Friday that they had
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The NHS waiting list in England has hit a new record high, with 7.7 million people – around one in seven – waiting for treatment, data shows. New figures from
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The NHS in England is “not sufficiently resilient” ahead of what could be a “difficult” winter, a top doctor has warned as health leaders were meeting to examine winter preparedness
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A doctor patted the bottom of a female patient in a hospital lift and later told her husband to “go home and fill her up”, a medical tribunal has heard.
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All of Wales’s health boards are now under increased Welsh Government scrutiny due to rising financial pressures. Health minister Eluned Morgan confirmed that all seven Welsh health boards had been
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The head of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUHT) has said he is “pleased” by the progress made in maternity care but said its improved rating is “not good enough”,
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One in three UK medical students intends on emigrating to practise medicine and many will not come back, a large survey suggests. The study of 10,486 people from the UK’s
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An independent inquiry should be held to examine reports of sexual misconduct in the NHS, the Lib Dems have said, following a survey which found almost one in three female
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is investigating potential criminal offences in the cases of three serious maternity incidents at an under-review NHS trust. The CQC said it is assessing whether
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Two nurses drugged patients on a hospital stroke unit for their “own amusement” and an “easy life” during work shifts, a jury has heard. Catherine Hudson, 54, and Charlotte Wilmot,
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