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St Catherine’s hospice in West Sussex says it has been forced to leave beds empty despite the demand for end-of-life careAt the end of 2023, St Catherine’s hospice near Crawley, West Sussex, moved to a new purpose-built, state-of-the art building. Twen…
People who suffer cardiac arrest are more likely to survive in Victoria than almost anywhere else in the world thanks to key interventions Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast…
Nuffield Trust says supply chains have shifted, with drugs for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis among those now scarceDrug shortages in the UK have risen to their worst level for four years, official figures show, with Brexit considered a key reason so man…
Maternity rights are set out in the 1992 Pregnant Workers Directive. This EU legislation sets the minimum period for maternity leave at 14 weeks, with 2 weeks’ compulsory leave before and/or after confinement and an adequate allowance subject to national legislation.
Exclusive: NHS England has dramatically increased recruitment of workers from states with critical medical staff shortagesBrexit has left the NHS increasingly dependent on doctors and nurses from poor “red list” countries, from which the World Health O…
Questions raised about whether Jitesh Gadhia’s attendance at discussion between Accord Healthcare and government was within Lords rulesA peer attended a meeting where a healthcare company of which he is a director lobbied a government minister, raising…
Thinktank predicts PM will not realise ambition for 92% of patients in England to wait less than 18 weeks for planned care by 2029Keir Starmer is unlikely to fulfil his pledge to restore the maximum 18-week wait for planned hospital care before the nex…
Lord Darzi’s undeclared interests in four companies included $500,000 of shares in US-based healthcare ventureThe independent peer Lord Darzi, a senior adviser to the government on the NHS, failed to officially declare shareholdings in healthcare compa…
Chancellor tells financial, environmental and health watchdogs she wants to cut down on overlapping regulationRegulators will face twice-yearly performance reviews from ministers, aimed at forcing them to be more growth-friendly, as the chancellor warn…
Health secretary’s comments that too many people are ‘written off’ prompts warnings against stigmatising peopleWes Streeting’s comments that there is an “overdiagnosis” of some mental health conditions has prompted experts to warn against stigmatising …