NHS England is looking at new plans to speed up the discharge of people stuck in hospital beds who are medically fit to leave. Hospitals are under increasing pressure due
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Nearly a quarter of mental health patients (23%) wait more than 12 weeks to start treatment, with many so desperate they turn to A&E or dial 999, a royal college
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An NHS service helping people who are receiving mental health support with their employment will be rolled out nationally, the Government has announced. Some £122 million is being invested to
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Paying nurses a “decent wage” is the only way to prevent them leaving the NHS and to fill thousands of vacancies, the head of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
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BT workers and Openreach engineers will stage a fresh strike on Thursday in a long-running dispute over pay. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said its members working as 999 emergency
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Record numbers of nurses are quitting the NHS in England, according to a new analysis. More than 40,000 have left the health service in the past year – one in
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An NHS trust has “not covered itself in glory” in its dealings with the family of a vulnerable young woman who killed herself after being refused admission to hospital, a
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Police have opened an investigation into allegations staff mistreated patients at a mental health unit. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the probe comes following a period of undercover filming at
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A consultant psychiatrist has told an inquest into the death of a vulnerable young woman who killed herself after being refused admission to hospital that he was not asked to
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A Labour government would fund a surge in NHS staffing by reversing tax cuts for the highest earners in Britain, according to Rachel Reeves. The shadow chancellor said the party
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