NHS doing fewer operations as theatres go unused
She added: "There is now considerable investment in surgical hubs and diagnostic centres that will help to protect elective treatments...
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Social care: ‘Jo’s care will cost £1.5k a week – the system is broken’
Dr Jo Wilson was a high-flying international executive before she was diagnosed with dementia two years ago, aged 66. Bill...
Stem cell patch surgery to mend spina bifida in the womb
Without treatment, spina bifida can sometimes lead to a range of lifelong issues, including problems with mobility because of nerve...
We must challenge ‘doctor knows best’ attitude, bereaved mother says
Merope Mills, an editor at the Guardian, has questioned doctors' attitudes after her 13-year-old daughter Martha's preventable death in hospital.Martha...
HC-One: The Elms residents ‘not safe’ at four-inquest care home
Louise Broddle, CQC head of inspection for adult social care, said: "Standards of care at the Elms were unacceptable. People's...
Research call over MND risk to elite rugby players
Dr Jane Haley, director of research at MND Scotland, said: "We welcome this very interesting piece of research. While the...
Loss and suffering at heart of Covid inquiry
"Although there were positive aspects of the pandemic, for example the way in which communities banded together to help each...
Newport: Radiology failures led to baby placed into care
"In the health board, as per standard practice, all skeletal surveys are double-reported by two consultant radiologists with specialisation in...
Molly Russell inquest: Father makes social media plea
The head of health and wellbeing at Meta, Elizabeth Lagone, and Pinterest's head of community operations, Judson Hoffman, appeared in...
Black and Asian infected blood victims feel let down, inquiry told
During the 70s and 80s an estimated 26,800 NHS patients who needed blood transfusions after surgery, childbirth or miscarriages were...
Record number of nurses quitting the NHS
It is not possible to tell from the data the exact reasons for leaving. But as part of the analysis,...
Queen’s cause of death given as ‘old age’ on death certificate
It requires the names and occupations of parents - her father formally recorded as Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor, whose...
Women’s symptoms ignored by GPs – campaigners
"I meet a doctor and automatically I've got my guard up, thinking 'you're not going to believe me, you're going...
Covid vaccine: ‘Get the jab’ says woman who nearly died while pregnant
"When you go in to hospital and they're saving your life, you don't refuse any medication - you don't say,...
Kevin Sinfield: Rugby league star to run ultra marathons for MND
Rugby League star Kevin Sinfield has launched his most difficult challenge yet to raise money for motor neurone disease research....
Can the NHS learn from Germany’s health system?
Nigel Edwards, chief executive of Nuffield Trust, is sceptical: "Social health insurance is not a magic ingredient. A move to...
£500m funding to help hospitals discharge patients
Prof Martin Marshall, of the Royal College of GPs, said the announcement on GPs did not amount to a proper...
GP appointments: New health secretary makes same-day pledge
Prof Martin Marshall, of the Royal College of GPs, said the announcement on GPs did not amount to a proper...
