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December set to be worst month on record for A&E waiting times as up to 500 people estimated to die each week due to delaysThe deaths of an estimated 300 to 500 people each week caused by delays in emergency care is “not a short-term thing”, a seni…
Health minister defends country-specific testing as necessary due to ‘absence of comprehensive information’ on Covid’s spread in ChinaFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily…
Lib Dems say face-to-face GP bookings ‘almost extinct’ in some areas as their survey shows a rise in self-prescribing Almost one in four people have bought medicine online or at a pharmacy to treat their illness after failing to see a GP face to face, …
President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine believes waiting times for December will be the worst he has ever seenAs many as 500 people could be dying each week because of delays to emergency care, a senior healthcare official has said.The pre…
Canada’s requirement of a negative COVID-19 test of travellers from China will not help in preventing new variants or the spread of the virus, say experts.
Ministers have asked NHS pay review body to cap increase for 2023-24, below predictions for inflationNHS strikes could continue for many months amid anger at UK government plans to raise staff salaries by only 2% next year, which health unions have con…
One in five takeaways in some areas of UK did not satisfactorily meet required standards, data showsTakeaways in poorer parts of England are twice as likely to need improvement in food hygiene as those in wealthier areas, with as many as one in five in…
Exclusive: Healthcare costs from smoke-related deaths tipped to reach $110m, new modelling led by Monash University suggestsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastIn the decade to 2030, more than 2,400 lives will be lo…
NHS insiders warn some of the costs will have to be met from existing budgets amid renewed pressure on pay and construction costsAmbulance services across England face paying millions more in ballooning fuel costs this year, amid warnings that the NHS …
Health minister Mark Butler argues decision ‘will not come as any surprise to the Chinese government’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia will impose mandatory Covid-19 testing for travellers arriving from …