Scotland’s hospitals are “almost completely full”, the First Minister has warned as she outlined measures to ease NHS pressures. In a news briefing alongside Health Secretary Humza Yousaf and the
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The millions spent by the Government on buying extra care home beds will not address the long-term root cause of the issues, a senior social care figure has said. Ministers
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Welsh ambulance workers in Unite are to stage two strikes in the dispute over pay and staffing. Members of the union at the Welsh Ambulance Service will walk out on
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Lawyers say the Government is claiming more than £130 million after suing a firm at the centre of a row over the supply of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus
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The Health Secretary has blamed high numbers of flu cases, Covid-19 and Strep A fears for the particular pressures the NHS faced over Christmas. Steve Barclay’s comments come as senior
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Almost all of the ambulance trusts in England are at such a level of disruption that the environment might not be considered safe and patients might face harm. The majority
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Health Secretary Steve Barclay has accused trade unions of making a “conscious decision” to “inflict harm” on patients as thousands of ambulance staff walk out on the first of two
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Hundreds of appointments and services have been hit as nurses take to the picket lines across Northern Ireland for the second time in a week. Health trusts across the region
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Wales’s health minister has urged people not to “add extra pressure” on the ambulance service ahead of planned strike action – warning crews will only be able to respond to
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A father of two in his 40s who does not want to receive hospital treatment even though he may not live to see the new year has won a fight
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