Almost 10 million NHS admissions in England over a year were related to alcohol, new figures have revealed. Alcohol Concern said the health service was facing an “intolerable strain” from
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Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford has launched the new website Making Prudent Healthcare Happen, with 15 chapters designed to stimulate debate about the impact they can have on
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Hospital patients could be asked to pay for their “bed and board” if funding does not match increasing demand, a top health service manager has warned. Rob Webster, chief executive
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A psychologist wept yesterday as she told an employment tribunal she thought about suicide because of bullying she allegedly suffered at work. Dr Hayley Dare has taken a case against
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Carers will be given better support if Labour wins next year with funding for breaks and annual health checks, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has revealed. In a key note
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Ed Miliband put the NHS at the heart of his general election pitch today, promising to boost funding by soaking mansion owners, tax dodgers and tobacco firms. The Labour leader
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Politicians in the Yes and No camps have clashed over NHS funding in a debate before Scotland’s youngest generation of voters. The BBC’s Big, Big Debate in Glasgow’s SSE Hydro
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Unsuitable housing is leaving thousands of older people facing unnecessary delays in being discharged from hospital, according to new analysis by Age UK. Official figures show that patients who need
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NHS Trusts should sell surplus land next to hospitals to build enough care homes and supported living apartments to meet increasing demand, Paul Burstow MP will say. The former Care
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One of the largest hospital trusts in England is to be put into a failure regime because of “serious failures” in patient safety. East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
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